Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies
206 students earn a legal research and advanced professional studies credential each year across 15 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.
- Typical earnings, 1 year out
- $45,770
- Typical earnings, 5 years out
- $54,604
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Bachelor's programs — 10 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, Virginia70$40,9661 year out$60,571$25,0002Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania27$59,0771 year out—$27,9783Amherst CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts23—1 year out——4Winona State UniversityWinona, Minnesota15—1 year out——5Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, Pennsylvania12—1 year out$54,604—6Florida Memorial UniversityMiami Gardens, Florida6—1 year out——7Unity Environmental UniversityNew Gloucester, Maine1—1 year out——8Walsh UniversityNorth Canton, Ohio1—1 year out——9South Dakota State UniversityBrookings, South Dakota—$45,7701 year out—$26,71810Crestpoint UniversityPhoenix, Arizona——1 year out$43,491—
Associate programs — 2 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
Certificate programs — 4 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).