Legal Professions is a program of study at Florida Gulf Coast University. The school offers a bachelor’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in legal professions, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at FGCU was ranked #83 on College Factual's Best Schools for legal professions list. It is also ranked #9 in Florida.
Here are some of the other rankings for FGCU.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at FGCU paid an average of $839 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $204 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
---|---|---|
Tuition | $4,191 | $22,328 |
Fees | $1,927 | $2,834 |
Books and Supplies | $1,200 | $1,200 |
On Campus Room and Board | $9,672 | $9,672 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,400 | $3,400 |
Learn more about FGCU tuition and fees.
If you’re one of the many students who want the flexibility of distance learning courses, you’ll be happy to hear that FGCU offers online option in its legal professions bachelor’s degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the FGCU Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in legal professions in 2019-2020, 64.9% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 70.0%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in legal professions at FGCU in 2019-2020, 44.2% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 43%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 2 |
Black or African American | 9 |
Hispanic or Latino | 21 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 2 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 39 |
International Students | 2 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Legal Professions students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Legal Support Services | 77 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.