by our College Data Analytics TeamLegal Research is a major offered under the legal professions program of study at University of Southern California. 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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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at USC paid an average of $0 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $47,880 | $47,880 |
| Fees | $835 | $835 |
legal research who receive their master’s degree from USC make an average of $47,327 a year during the early days of their career. That is 31% lower than the national average of $68,119.
Online degrees for the USC 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 USC Online Learning page.
Women made up around 65.1% of the legal research students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 57.8%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 4.6% of the legal research master’s degrees at USC in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 17%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 9 |
| Black or African American | 6 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 8 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
| White | 6 |
| International Students | 386 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 105 |
Legal Research students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Advanced Legal Research/Studies | 91 |
| Programs for Foreign Lawyers | 398 |
| Comparative Law | 1 |
| International Business, Trade, & Tax Law | 31 |
*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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