Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools
Add ComparisonSpecial Focus Four-Year: Law Schools is a Carnegie Classification grouping of higher education institutions. In 2024, the most popular Bachelor's Degree concentrations at Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools were Law (4,500 degrees awarded), Other Legal Professions & Studies (110 degrees), and Legal Studies & Jurisprudence (97 degrees).
The median in-state tuition for Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools is $0, which is $11,000 less than than the national median in-state tuition of $11,000. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $0, which is NaNM% of the cost for in-state students, and is $15,473 less than than the national median out-of-state tuition of $15,473.
In 2024, the cost of out-of-state tuition at Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools was $0, which is NaNM% of the cost for in-state students, which was $0. The cost of out-of-state tuition at Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools is $15,473 more than than the overall (public and private) national median of $15,473, and the in-state tuition is $11,000 more than than the overall (public and private) national median $11,000.
This chart compares the tuition costs of Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools (in red) with those of other similar universities.
Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools had a total enrollment of 15,648 students in 2024. The full-time enrollment at Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools is 11,759 students and the part-time enrollment is 3,889. This means that 75.1% of students enrolled at Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools are enrolled full-time.
The enrolled student population at Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools, both undergraduate and graduate, is 52.3% White, 21.6% Hispanic or Latino, 7.75% Black or African American, 7.36% Asian, 3.22% Two or More Races, 0.582% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.121% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders.
Students enrolled in full-time Graduate programs are most commonly White Female (32.7%), followed by White Male (22.5%) and Hispanic or Latino Female (12.7%).
The total enrollment at Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools in 2024, both undergraduate and graduate, is 15,648 students. The full-time enrollment at Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools is 11,759 and the part-time enrollment is 3,889. This means that 75.1% of students enrolled at Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools are enrolled full-time compared with 71.4% at similar Special Focus Institutions.
This chart shows the full-time vs part-time enrollment status at Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools (in red) compares to similar universities.
The enrolled student population at Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools is 52.3% White, 21.6% Hispanic or Latino, 7.75% Black or African American, 7.36% Asian, 3.22% Two or More Races, 0.582% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.121% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders. This includes both full-time and part-time students as well as graduate and undergraduates. By comparison, enrollment for all Special Focus Institutions is 40.5% White, 19.9% Hispanic or Latino, and 15.7% Black or African American.
Any student who is studying in the United States on a temporary basis is categorized as a "Non-Resident Alien", and the share of those students are shown in the chart below. Additionally, 772 students (4.93%) did not report their race.
In 2024, 1,069 more women than men received degrees from Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools. The most common race/ethnicity group of degree recipients at Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools is white (2,888 degrees awarded). There were 3.37 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (858 degrees).
The most common Professional Doctorate concentration at Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools is Law (4,500 degrees awarded).
In 2024, the most specialized majors across all degree types at Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools, meaning they have significantly more degrees awarded in that concentration than the national average across all institutions, are Legal (4,873 degrees awarded), Public Administration and Social Service (16 degrees), and Interdisciplinary Studies (6 degrees).
The most common jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools are Social workers, all other (155,179 people), Other managers (71,676 people), Elementary & middle school teachers (65,894 people), Registered nurses (39,637 people), and Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers (38,665 people).
The most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools in 2024 are Legal (4,873 degrees awarded), Public Administration and Social Service (16 degrees), and Interdisciplinary Studies (6 degrees) (as of 2024).
The highest paying jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools are Surgeons, Cardiovascular technologists and technicians, Geoscientists and hydrologists, except geographers, Physicians, and Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents
The most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools are Legal (4,873 degrees awarded), Public Administration and Social Service (16 degrees), and Interdisciplinary Studies (6 degrees) (as of 2024).
The most common industries for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools are Elementary & secondary schools (188,736 people), General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals (142,901 people), Individual & family services (109,209 people), Outpatient care centers (79,224 people), and Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (75,287 people).
The most specialized majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools are Legal (4,873 degrees awarded), Public Administration and Social Service (16 degrees), and Interdisciplinary Studies (6 degrees) (as of 2024).
In 2024, the most common postbaccalaureate certificate concentration at Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools was Legal Studies & Jurisprudence with 24 degrees awarded.
This visualization illustrates the percentage of degree-majors recipients from postbaccalaureate certificate programs at Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools according to their major.
In 2024, 1,913 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools, which is 0.642 times less than the number of degrees awarded to females (2,982).
This chart displays the sex disparity between the top 5 majors at Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools by degrees awarded.
In 2024, 1,793 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools in Law, which is 0.662 times less than the 2,707 female recipients with that same degree.
In 2024, 2,707 degrees were awarded to men at Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools in Law, which is 1.51 times more than the 1,793 male recipients with that same degree.
The most common race/ethnicity at Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools is white (2,888 degrees awarded). There were 3.37 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (858 degrees).
3.51% of degree recipients (172 students) did not report their race.
The most common race/ethnicity and sex grouping at Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools is white female (1,717 degrees awarded). There were 1.47 times more white female recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, white male (1,171 degrees).
Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools has an endowment valued at nearly $13.8M, as of the end of the 2024 fiscal year. The return on its endowment was of 128M (928%) compared to the 4.13% average return (558k on 13.5M) across all Special Focus Institutions.
In 2024, Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools had a total salary expenditure of 26.6M. Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools employs 453 Professors, 153 Associate professors and 134 Assistant professors. Most academics at Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools are Female Professor (231), Male Professor (222), and Female Associate professor (92).
The most common positions for non-instructional staff at Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools are: Management, with 437 employees, Librarians, Curators, Archivists, and Academic Affairs and Other Education Services, with 377 employees, and Office and Administrative Support with 340 employees.
Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools has an endowment valued at about $13.8M, as of the end of the 2024 fiscal year. The endowment of Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools declined 41.6% from the previous year. The value of their endowment was $246k higher than than the median endowment of Special Focus Institutions according to the Carnegie Classification grouping.
This line chart shows how the endowment at Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools (in red) compares to that of some similar universities.
The small bar chart below shows the endowment quintiles for all universities in the Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools Carnegie Classification grouping.
As of 2024, Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools received $18.1M in grants and contracts from the federal government, $5.31M from state grants and contracts, and $1.25M from local grants and contracts.
In 2024, Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools paid a median of $11M in salaries, which represents 41.2% of their overall expenditure ($26.6M) and a 0% growth from the previous year.
In 2024, Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools paid a total of $116M to 821 employees working as instructors, which represents 35.3% of all salaries paid.
This is compared to a median of $216k (5.94%) for similar Special Focus Institutions.
In 2024, the most common positions for non-instructional staff at Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools were Management with 437 employees, Librarians, Curators, Archivists, and Academic Affairs and Other Education Services with 377 employees, and Office and Administrative Support with 340 employees.
