Legal Professions and Studies

Non-Professional Legal Studies

Colleges award this field under 3 named programs, from Legal Studies to Non-Professional Legal Studies, Other.

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Programs within this field

Colleges may offer this field under 3 more specific program names. The program you choose affects the courses you take.

Legal Studies: Study that focuses on law and legal issues from the perspective of the social sciences and humanities.
Pre-Law Studies: Prepares you for the professional study of law at the post-baccalaureate level.
Non-Professional Legal Studies, Other: Non-professional legal studies not listed above.

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Careers this field can lead to

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Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Median pay: $62,890
Hiring change through 2035: −0.3%
Job openings a year: 40,800

To get hiredAssociate's degree

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Legal Support Workers, All Other

Median pay: $72,110
Hiring change through 2035: −0.3%
Job openings a year: 4,700

To get hiredAssociate's degree

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All work is projected to grow 3.5% between 2025 and 2035; read every hiring-change figure against it. The figures beside each career are the pay of that work, across everyone doing it. Graduates of this field earn $36,942 one year after completing the program, which is the start of a career rather than the shape of one.

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How and where the work happens

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0%of related openings involve substantial in-person or active work

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Where to study it

Ordered by how many degrees each college awards in this field. Sort by any numbered column.

College	Degrees a year	Earnings, first year out	Admit rate	Average annual cost after aid
University of Central Florida FL	257	—	40%	$10,000
University of California-Berkeley CA	234	$39,519	12%	$10,000
Liberty University VA	152	—	99%	$27,000
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice NY	150	$30,378	57%	$7,000
University of California-Santa Cruz CA	126	$36,945	63%	$14,000
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI	126	$37,462	43%	$8,000
University of Maryland Global Campus MD	119	$41,013	·	—
Michigan State University MI	114	$20,423	84%	$17,000
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA	112	$35,347	58%	$13,000
St. John's University-New York NY	105	$26,618	80%	$29,000
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA	105	$37,114	43%	$8,000
Suffolk University MA	80	$45,532	85%	$26,000
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ	79	$35,180	90%	$17,000
University at Buffalo NY	74	—	69%	$21,000
The University of Texas at San Antonio TX	64	—	88%	$9,000
United States Military Academy NY	55	—	14%	—
Auburn University AL	50	—	50%	$21,000
University of Miami FL	49	$50,340	19%	$22,000
Arizona State University Digital Immersion AZ	44	$35,180	64%	—
Drake University IA	38	—	64%	$25,000
United States Air Force Academy CO	32	—	14%	—
American University DC	31	$44,628	47%	$26,000
University of Denver CO	30	—	71%	$23,000
University of Mississippi MS	24	—	98%	$15,000
Vanderbilt University TN	22	—	6%	$4,000
Northwestern University IL	21	—	7%	$8,000
Quinnipiac University CT	19	—	77%	$37,000
St. John Fisher University NY	19	—	68%	$26,000
Morehead State University KY	18	$25,940	82%	$9,000
Ramapo College of New Jersey NJ	17	—	73%	$18,000
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA	15	—	50%	$23,000
Thomas Jefferson University PA	15	—	86%	$25,000
University of Kansas KS	14	—	88%	$15,000
Dickinson College PA	14	—	43%	—
Utah State University UT	14	—	94%	$14,000
University of La Verne CA	13	$36,942	48%	—
Nova Southeastern University FL	13	—	73%	$30,000
University of Central Oklahoma OK	12	—	82%	$18,000
Belmont University TN	12	—	96%	$28,000
Western New England University MA	11	—	83%	$25,000

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