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Statistics 2026-06-11

Statistical Analysis of Law Master's Degrees

Discover how an AI assistant can gather, analyze, and synthesize selection and capacity data across 400+ French law programs.

Generated by: Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Copy and paste this prompt in the AI

Repartons à zéro avec monmaster-ai. Jouez le rôle d'un statisticien et découvrez quelles formations de master en droit ont attiré le plus de candidats, quelles spécialisations juridiques sont les plus demandées et quelles informations utiles on peut extraire de ces données.

Programs Analyzed

400+

Distinct Specialties

35+

Average Acceptance Rate

25%

Most Selective Program

1.4%

General Int. Law Paris 2

Number of Programs by Mention (Top 15)

Business Law 87 programs
Public Law 72 programs
Private Law 48 programs
Criminal Law 32 programs
Notarial Law 21 programs
Real Estate Law 18 programs
Digital Law 17 programs
Social & Labor Law 16 programs
Health Law 13 programs
International Law 12 programs
Heritage Law 11 programs
Int. & European Law 8 programs
Environmental Law 8 programs
Intellectual Property 7 programs
Public Business Law 7 programs

Total Seats by Mention (Overall Capacity)

Business Law 2,180 seats
Public Law 1,650 seats
Private Law 980 seats
Criminal Law 580 seats
Real Estate Law 510 seats
Social & Labor Law 430 seats
Digital Law 420 seats
Notarial Law 340 seats
Health Law 320 seats
International Law 280 seats
Environmental Law 200 seats

This study case illustrates how an AI agent, connected to the MonMaster database via our MCP server, can perform complex real-time data analysis.

By asking the AI to adopt the persona of a statistician, it does not just list programs. Instead, it makes consecutive queries to compile a solid statistical sample of over 400 law master’s degrees, covering 35 distinct specialties, before rendering structured insights.

Here is the complete statistical analysis synthesized from the live database:

1. Business Law is the dominant specialty by volume

With approximately 87 indexed programs in our sample, Business Law (Droit des affaires) represents nearly 22% of the total offer. Public Law (Droit public) follows closely with 72 programs. This duopoly reflects two career realities: the strong vitality of the private sector (corporate lawyers, in-house counsel) and the traditional weight of French public administration exams.

2. High selectivity is concentrated in Paris and major regional hubs

The most competitive programs exhibit acceptance rates below 5%. These elite paths are located within historical and highly reputable universities:

  • General International Law (Paris II Panthéon-Assas / Nanterre): 1.4%
  • International Business Law (ENS-PSL): 2.7%
  • Business Law and Taxation / DJCE (Bordeaux IV): 3.5%
  • M2 Mergers & Acquisitions (Lyon III): 3.5% (with the M1 program at 5.1%)

3. A clear bimodal distribution of access rates

Analyzing the overall acceptance rates reveals two distinct populations of master’s programs:

  • The “Selective / Elite” group (0 - 15%): Highly competitive, specialized programs located in main Parisian and metropolitan universities.
  • The “Accessible” group (40 - 80%+): Mostly generalist degrees in regional universities (for example, General Public Law at Amiens or Guyancourt exceeds a 70% acceptance rate).

By averaging the acceptance rates across all programs in each mention, we can rank the legal specialties by overall competitiveness:

  • Business Law / DJCE: ~7.5% average acceptance (the most selective mention on average).
  • Criminal Law: ~11% average acceptance.
  • Notarial Law: ~11% average acceptance.
  • International / Tax Law: ~13-14% average acceptance.
  • Digital Law: ~22% average acceptance (a growing sector with relatively balanced entry barriers).
  • Social & Labor Law: ~34% average acceptance (presenting a highly strategic balance between high employability and lower entry selectiveness).

5. Total Capacity vs. Application Pression

While Business Law offers the largest number of seats (approximately 2,180 total seats), it also faces the heaviest volume of applicants. Conversely, fields like Real Estate Law (510 seats) and Digital Law (420 seats) appear under-applied relative to their actual job prospects, making them highly strategic orientation choices for students.