Legal Studies Programs

Legal Studies is offered at 195 institutions across the United States. Master graduates earn a median salary ranging from $54,560 to $171,631, with the highest-earning program at Georgetown University ($171,631). The most common degree level is Bachelor (16), followed by Master (166) and Doctoral (49).

Bachelor (16) · Master (166) · Doctoral (49) · First Professional (31) · Associate (4) · Post-bachelor's Certificate (7) · Graduate Certificate (64) · Undergraduate Certificate (10)

Bachelor (16)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
James Madison University VA $61,496 70
Drexel University PA $87,416 27
Amherst College MA Not reported 23
Winona State University MN $48,808 15
Pennsylvania Western University PA Not reported 12
Florida Memorial University FL Not reported 6
Unity Environmental University ME Not reported 1
Walsh University OH Not reported 1
University of Baltimore MD Not reported 0
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV Not reported Not reported
Golden Gate University CA Not reported 0
Le Moyne College NY Not reported Not reported
Arcadia University PA Not reported 0
South Dakota State University SD Not reported Not reported
The University of Texas at Austin TX Not reported Not reported
Crestpoint University AZ Not reported Not reported

Master (166)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Georgetown University DC $171,631 541
University of Southern California CA $84,932 522
New York University NY Not reported 471
Texas A&M University-College Station TX $128,518 374
University of California-Berkeley CA Not reported 324
Columbia University in the City of New York NY Not reported 323
Washington University in St Louis MO $72,301 319
Arizona State University Digital Immersion AZ $80,281 277
Florida State University FL $100,339 261
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK $79,624 242
Northwestern University IL Not reported 234
University of California-Los Angeles CA $112,923 226
Boston University MA $156,087 214
Cornell University NY Not reported 193
Harvard University MA Not reported 179
Liberty University VA $72,389 168
University of Miami FL $108,073 143
George Washington University DC $117,955 140
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA Not reported 136
American University DC $96,768 124
Fordham University NY $117,083 122
Loyola University Chicago IL $123,695 120
Pepperdine University CA $73,551 118
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL Not reported 114
Duke University NC Not reported 107
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Institution State Median Earnings Completers
University of Pennsylvania PA Not reported 105
California Western School of Law CA Not reported 97
Stanford University CA Not reported 94
Villanova University PA Not reported 91
University of Florida FL $142,291 86
Seton Hall University NJ $131,892 81
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA $120,793 80
Illinois Institute of Technology IL Not reported 78
University of Chicago IL Not reported 77
Emory University GA $108,211 67
Nova Southeastern University FL $91,014 66
Wake Forest University NC Not reported 63
Case Western Reserve University OH Not reported 63
Drexel University PA $67,634 59
University of San Francisco CA $136,623 58
Florida International University FL Not reported 49
Lewis & Clark College OR Not reported 47
St. John's University-New York NY $56,014 46
University of Maryland Baltimore MD $112,984 45
Temple University PA $98,481 45
University of Dayton OH Not reported 45
DePaul University IL Not reported 45
University of California-Davis CA Not reported 42
Vanderbilt University TN Not reported 42
Hofstra University NY $93,902 40
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA Not reported 40
Southern Methodist University TX $84,447 38
University of St Thomas MN Not reported 37
Vermont Law and Graduate School VT $76,514 36
University of Georgia GA Not reported 36
University of California-Irvine CA Not reported 35
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ $80,281 34
University of Connecticut CT Not reported 34
University of San Diego CA $148,235 31
Northeastern University MA Not reported 30
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN Not reported 30
The University of Alabama AL $120,262 29
Albany Law School NY Not reported 29
Widener University PA $100,397 27
Syracuse University NY Not reported 27
St. Mary's University TX Not reported 27
University of California College of the Law-San Francisco CA Not reported 26
University of New Hampshire-Franklin Pierce School of Law NH Not reported 25
Seattle University WA Not reported 25
University of Houston TX $122,385 24
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI Not reported 23
Hamline University MN Not reported 23
Yale University CT Not reported 23
St. Thomas University FL Not reported 23
Tulane University of Louisiana LA Not reported 22
Georgia State University GA Not reported 22
Indiana University-Bloomington IN Not reported 22
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA Not reported 21
University of Colorado Boulder CO Not reported 21
University of the Pacific CA $87,881 20
Yeshiva University NY Not reported 20
The University of Texas at Austin TX Not reported 20
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI Not reported 20
Samford University AL $122,699 19
Cleveland State University OH Not reported 19
Tufts University MA Not reported 18
Indiana University-Indianapolis IN Not reported 18
Suffolk University MA Not reported 17
Saint Anselm College NH Not reported 17
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce PR Not reported 17
Northeastern University Professional Programs MA Not reported 17
Crestpoint University AZ $54,560 16
University of Oregon OR Not reported 16
Northcentral University CA Not reported 16
University of Denver CO $107,540 15
University of Arizona AZ Not reported 15
Thomas M Cooley Law School MI Not reported 15
Pace University NY Not reported 15
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH Not reported 15
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH Not reported 15
University of Notre Dame IN Not reported 15
Loyola University New Orleans LA Not reported 14
Western New England University MA Not reported 14
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV Not reported 13
Stetson University FL Not reported 13
Wayne State University MI Not reported 12
Brooklyn Law School NY Not reported 11
Brigham Young University UT Not reported 11
University of Mississippi MS Not reported 10
Baylor University TX Not reported 9
University of Missouri-Kansas City MO Not reported 8
Saint Louis University MO Not reported 8
University of Tulsa OK $95,372 7
University of Missouri-Columbia MO $83,264 7
University of Minnesota-Duluth MN Not reported 7
University of Nebraska-Lincoln NE Not reported 7
Texas Southern University TX Not reported 7
Santa Clara University CA Not reported 7
Willamette University OR Not reported 6
Golden Gate University CA $131,366 5
University of Iowa IA Not reported 5
Washburn University KS Not reported 5
University of Baltimore MD Not reported 5
The Catholic University of America DC Not reported 5
University of Illinois Chicago IL $111,159 4
University of New Mexico-Main Campus NM Not reported 4
New York Law School NY Not reported 4
George Mason University VA Not reported 4
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras PR Not reported 4
Chapman University CA Not reported 3
University of Hawaii at Manoa HI Not reported 3
University of Southern Maine ME Not reported 2
University of Toledo OH Not reported 2
Thomas Jefferson School of Law CA Not reported 2
University of Kansas KS Not reported 1
University of Akron Main Campus OH Not reported 1
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-School of Law PR Not reported 1
Loyola Marymount University CA $140,519 Not reported
Northern Kentucky University KY Not reported 0
Adrian College MI Not reported Not reported
Michigan State University MI Not reported 0
Mitchell Hamline School of Law MN Not reported 0
Mississippi College MS Not reported 0
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus NH Not reported Not reported
University of California-San Diego CA Not reported 0
University at Buffalo NY Not reported Not reported
Touro University NY Not reported 0
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC Not reported 0
Capital University OH Not reported 0
Ohio Northern University OH Not reported 0
Oklahoma City University OK Not reported 0
Duquesne University PA Not reported 0
Wayland Baptist University TX Not reported 0
University of Utah UT Not reported 0
Champlain College VT Not reported Not reported
Regent University VA Not reported 0
University of Richmond VA Not reported 0
Marquette University WI Not reported 0
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Metro PR Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus CT Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Avery Point CT Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Stamford CT Not reported 0
Taft University System CO Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus CT Not reported 0
Barry University FL Not reported 0
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale IL Not reported 0

Doctoral (49)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Case Western Reserve University OH Not reported 18
Wake Forest University NC Not reported 11
Widener University PA Not reported 9
Indiana University-Bloomington IN Not reported 9
Yale University CT Not reported 8
Georgetown University DC Not reported 7
Washington University in St Louis MO Not reported 6
Golden Gate University CA Not reported 5
University of Kansas KS Not reported 4
Columbia University in the City of New York NY Not reported 4
Harvard University MA Not reported 3
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI Not reported 3
St. Thomas University FL Not reported 3
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ Not reported 2
Loyola Marymount University CA Not reported 2
Stanford University CA Not reported 2
American University DC Not reported 2
George Washington University DC Not reported 2
Emory University GA Not reported 2
Loyola University Chicago IL Not reported 2
The University of Alabama AL Not reported 1
University of Iowa IA Not reported 1
Tulane University of Louisiana LA Not reported 1
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA Not reported 1
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA Not reported 1
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Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Southern Methodist University TX Not reported 1
University of Florida FL Not reported 1
University of Chicago IL Not reported 1
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL Not reported 1
University of Notre Dame IN Not reported 1
Suffolk University MA $123,199 Not reported
University of Arizona AZ Not reported 0
Western New England University MA Not reported Not reported
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV Not reported Not reported
Cornell University NY Not reported 0
University of California-Berkeley CA Not reported 0
University of California-Los Angeles CA Not reported 0
Drexel University PA Not reported 0
University of Pennsylvania PA Not reported 0
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA Not reported 0
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI Not reported 0
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-School of Law PR Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus CT Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Avery Point CT Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Stamford CT Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus CT Not reported 0
University of Connecticut CT Not reported 0
Northwestern University IL Not reported 0
Indiana University-Indianapolis IN Not reported 0

First Professional (31)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Northeastern University MA Not reported 208
University at Buffalo NY Not reported 7
Cornell University NY Not reported 4
Suffolk University MA Not reported 3
Pace University NY Not reported 2
University of Nebraska-Lincoln NE Not reported 1
Duke University NC Not reported 1
Northwestern University IL $155,436 Not reported
Georgetown University DC $99,212 Not reported
Thomas M Cooley Law School MI $89,975 Not reported
Vermont Law and Graduate School VT $81,178 Not reported
University of Arizona AZ Not reported Not reported
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA Not reported Not reported
University of Baltimore MD Not reported Not reported
Michigan State University MI Not reported Not reported
University of California-Berkeley CA Not reported Not reported
Fordham University NY Not reported Not reported
New York University NY Not reported Not reported
University of Akron Main Campus OH Not reported 0
University of Tulsa OK Not reported Not reported
University of Oregon OR Not reported Not reported
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA Not reported Not reported
University of Pennsylvania PA Not reported 0
University of the Pacific CA Not reported 0
Seattle University WA Not reported 0
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Institution State Median Earnings Completers
University of San Diego CA Not reported Not reported
University of Connecticut CT Not reported Not reported
Florida State University FL Not reported Not reported
Georgia State University GA Not reported Not reported
DePaul University IL Not reported Not reported
University of Notre Dame IN Not reported Not reported

Associate (4)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Oglala Lakota College SD Not reported 16
Owens Community College OH Not reported 5
Center for Advanced Legal Studies TX Not reported Not reported
Mildred Elley-New York Campus NY Not reported 0

Post-bachelor's Certificate (7)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Florida State University FL $143,942 Not reported
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA $103,797 Not reported
CUNY Graduate School and University Center NY $73,999 Not reported
University of Southern Maine ME Not reported Not reported
University of North Dakota ND Not reported Not reported
University of Connecticut CT Not reported Not reported
St. Thomas University FL Not reported Not reported

Graduate Certificate (64)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Texas A&M University-College Station TX Not reported 241
Washington University in St Louis MO Not reported 236
University of Southern California CA $98,030 218
Loyola University Chicago IL Not reported 112
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ Not reported 87
Indiana University-Indianapolis IN Not reported 65
Loyola Marymount University CA Not reported 61
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA Not reported 50
Temple University PA Not reported 50
University of Utah UT Not reported 44
Vermont Law and Graduate School VT Not reported 44
Villanova University PA Not reported 32
CUNY Graduate School and University Center NY Not reported 28
University of Connecticut CT Not reported 28
University of Southern Maine ME Not reported 27
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA Not reported 26
Columbia University in the City of New York NY $312,330 25
University of Missouri-Columbia MO Not reported 25
St. Thomas University FL Not reported 23
University of Akron Main Campus OH Not reported 19
University of Arizona AZ Not reported 18
Champlain College VT $93,818 15
The University of Alabama AL Not reported 12
Mitchell Hamline School of Law MN Not reported 11
Northwestern University IL Not reported 11
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Institution State Median Earnings Completers
University of North Dakota ND Not reported 9
The University of Montana MT Not reported 8
University of Baltimore MD Not reported 7
Cleveland State University OH Not reported 7
Capital University OH Not reported 6
Albany Law School NY Not reported 5
Indiana University-Bloomington IN Not reported 4
University of New Hampshire-Franklin Pierce School of Law NH Not reported 3
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI Not reported 3
Case Western Reserve University OH Not reported 2
Duke University NC Not reported 1
Wake Forest University NC Not reported 1
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK Not reported 1
Drexel University PA Not reported 1
Harvard University MA Not reported 0
Suffolk University MA Not reported 0
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI Not reported 0
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN Not reported 0
University of Mississippi MS Not reported 0
Webster University MO Not reported 0
University of Nebraska-Lincoln NE Not reported Not reported
Golden Gate University CA Not reported 0
New York Law School NY Not reported 0
St. John's University-New York NY Not reported 0
Campbell University NC Not reported 0
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH Not reported 0
Kent State University at Kent OH Not reported 0
Widener University PA Not reported Not reported
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN Not reported 0
St. Mary's University TX Not reported 0
Regent University VA Not reported 0
University of San Francisco CA Not reported Not reported
University of Denver CO Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus CT Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Avery Point CT Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Stamford CT Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus CT Not reported 0
University of New Haven CT Not reported 0
American University DC Not reported 0

Undergraduate Certificate (10)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Missouri State University-Springfield MO Not reported 17
MiraCosta College CA Not reported 7
Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia PA Not reported 3
South Dakota State University SD Not reported 3
College of Our Lady of the Elms MA Not reported 0
Winona State University MN Not reported 0
Sinclair Community College OH Not reported 0
Wright State University-Main Campus OH Not reported 0
Pennsylvania Western University PA Not reported 0
Northwestern University IL Not reported 0