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Arizona State University - Downtown Phoenix Master’s in Legal Research

The main focus area for this major is General Advanced Legal Research/Studies. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Legal Research is a major offered under the legal professions program of study at Arizona State University - Downtown Phoenix. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in legal research, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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#426 in the U.S
#3 in Arizona

Each year, College Factual produces its Best Legal Research Master's Degree Schools ranking to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. To determine the school's rank, we look at objective measures, such as post-graduation earnings, student and faculty diversity, and accumulated student debt.

On the 2021 list, ASU - Downtown Phoenix was ranked #426 out of 782 schools in the country for this major at the master's level. It is also ranked #3 in Arizona.

$12,608 Average Tuition and Fees
$49,843 Average Student Debt

ASU - Downtown Phoenix Graduate Tuition and Fees

Out-of-state part-time graduates at ASU - Downtown Phoenix paid an average of $1,308 per credit hour in 2018-2019. The average for in-state students was $837 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

In State Out of State
Tuition $11,720 $26,160
Fees $888 $888

You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Legal Research students who received their master’s degree at ASU - Downtown Phoenix took out an average of $49,843 in student loans. That is 19% lower than the national average of $61,248.

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$45,000 Average Salary
Below Average Earnings Boost

The median early career salary of legal research students who receive their master’s degree from ASU - Downtown Phoenix is $45,000 per year. That is 34% lower than the national average of $68,119.

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Online degrees for the ASU - Downtown Phoenix legal research master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the ASU - Downtown Phoenix Online Learning page.

58 Master's Degrees Awarded
69.0% Women
37.9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2018-2019 academic year, there were 58 master’s degrees in legal research handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 69.0% of the legal research students who took home a master’s degree in 2018-2019. This is higher than the nationwide number of 57.3%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 37.9% of the legal research master’s degrees at ASU - Downtown Phoenix in 2018-2019. This is higher than the nationwide number of 14%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 10
Native American or Alaska Native 2
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 28
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

Legal Research students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area Annual Graduates
General Advanced Legal Research/Studies 58

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to legal research.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Legal Professions (Other) 49

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References

*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.

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