Southern Methodist University Master’s in Legal Professions

33 Master's Degrees Awarded

Legal Professions is a program of study at Southern Methodist University. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in legal professions, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, 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 SMU Cost?

$47,478 Average Tuition and Fees

SMU Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at SMU was $1,704 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	$40,896	$40,896
Fees	$6,582	$6,582

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

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

SMU Master’s Student Diversity for Legal Professions

33 Master's Degrees Awarded

57.6% Women

18.2% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

There were 33 master’s degrees in legal professions awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 57.6% of the students who received their Master’s in legal professions in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 59.2%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 18.2% of legal professions master’s degree recipients at SMU 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	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	1
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Master’s in Legal Professions Focus Areas at SMU

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Legal Research	33

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.