Legal Research is a major offered under the legal professions program of study at Loyola University Chicago. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in legal research, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Loyola Chicago was $1,033 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $18,594 | $18,594 |
Fees | $560 | $560 |
The median early career salary of legal research students who receive their master’s degree from Loyola Chicago is $84,653 per year. That is 24% higher than the national average of $68,119.
Online degrees for the Loyola Chicago 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 Loyola Chicago Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their master’s degree in legal research in 2019-2020, 77.1% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 57.8%.
Around 36.6% of legal research master’s degree recipients at Loyola Chicago in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 17%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 7 |
Black or African American | 22 |
Hispanic or Latino | 13 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 73 |
International Students | 9 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 7 |
Legal Research students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence | 12 |
Banking, Corporate, Finance, & Securities Law | 29 |
Health Law | 85 |
International Law & Legal Studies | 5 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Legal Professions (Other) | 21 |
*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.
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