Santa Clara University Master’s in Legal Professions

Legal Professions is a program of study at Santa Clara University. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in legal professions, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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Graduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
Focus Areas
References

How Much Does a Master’s in Legal Professions from SCU Cost?

$23,507 Average Tuition and Fees

SCU Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at SCU was $1,150 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$23,507	$23,507

Does SCU Offer an Online Master’s in Legal Professions?

If you’re one of the many students who want the flexibility of distance learning courses, you’ll be happy to hear that SCU offers online option in its legal professions master’s degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the SCU Online Learning page.

SCU Master’s Student Diversity for Legal Professions

11 Master's Degrees Awarded

54.5% Women

18.2% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

There were 11 master’s degrees in legal professions awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 54.5% of the legal professions students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 59.2%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 18.2% of legal professions master’s degree recipients at SCU in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 20%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	3
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Master’s in Legal Professions Focus Areas at SCU

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Legal Research	11

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.