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The John Marshall Law School Master’s in Legal Research

The main focus area for this major is Other Legal Research & Advanced Professional 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 The John Marshall Law School. 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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$1,840 Average Tuition and Fees
$137,165 Average Student Debt

JMLS Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at JMLS paid an average of $1,565 per credit hour in 2018-2019. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

In State Out of State
Tuition $1,565 $1,565
Fees $275 $275

One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Students who received their master’s degree at JMLS in Legal Research walked away with an average of $137,165 in student debt. That is 124% higher than the national average of $61,248.

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$72,100 Average Salary
High Earnings Boost

legal research who receive their master’s degree from JMLS make an average of $72,100 a year during the early days of their career. That is 6% higher than the national average of $68,119.

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

28 Master's Degrees Awarded
46.4% Women
46.4% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2018-2019 academic year, 28 students received their master’s degree in legal research. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their master’s degree in legal research in 2018-2019, 46.4% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 57.3%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 46.4% of the legal research master’s degrees at JMLS in 2018-2019. This is higher than the nationwide number of 14%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 5
Native American or Alaska Native 1
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 13
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Other Legal Research & Advanced Professional Studies 28

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Legal Professions (Other) 2

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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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