by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Legal Assistant/Paralegal. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Legal Support Services is a major offered under the legal professions program of study at Brookdale Community College. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the associate degree program in legal support, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at Brookdale Community College paid an average of $318 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $293 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $7,605 | $8,355 |
| Fees | $1,199 | $1,199 |
| Books and Supplies | $2,000 | $2,000 |
Learn more about Brookdale Community College tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Students who received their associate degree at Brookdale Community College in Legal Support walked away with an average of $14,000 in student debt. That is 36% lower than the national average of $21,915.
legal support who receive their associate degree from Brookdale Community College make an average of $43,798 a year during the early days of their career. That is 56% higher than the national average of $28,116.
Brookdale Community College does not offer an online option for its legal support associate degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Brookdale Community College Online Learning page.
About 83.3% of the students who received their Associate in legal support in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 85.1%.
Around 16.7% of legal support associate degree recipients at Brookdale Community College in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 42%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 9 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Legal Support Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Legal Assistant/Paralegal | 12 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
