University of California - Hastings College of Law Master’s in Legal Research

23 Master's Degrees Awarded

Legal Research is a major offered under the legal professions program of study at University of California - Hastings College of Law. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in legal research, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity 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 Research from UC Hastings Cost?

$53,772 Average Tuition and Fees

UC Hastings Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at UC Hastings paid an average of $1,802 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same 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
Tuition	$47,500	$47,500
Fees	$6,272	$6,272

Does UC Hastings Offer an Online Master’s in Legal Research?

Online degrees for the UC Hastings 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 UC Hastings Online Learning page.

UC Hastings Master’s Student Diversity for Legal Research

23 Master's Degrees Awarded

69.6% Women

17.4% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

There were 23 master’s degrees in legal research awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 69.6% of the students who received their Master’s in legal research in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 57.8%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 17.4% of the legal research master’s degrees at UC Hastings in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 17%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	4
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Master’s in Legal Research Focus Areas at UC Hastings

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
General Advanced Legal Research/Studies	7
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence	16

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.

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