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 Cerritos 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 Cerritos College paid an average of $356 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $46 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $1,346 | $9,968 |
| Fees | $58 | $58 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,080 | $1,080 |
Learn more about Cerritos College tuition and fees.
legal support who receive their associate degree from Cerritos College make an average of $29,685 a year during the early days of their career. That is 6% higher than the national average of $28,116.
Online degrees for the Cerritos College legal support associate degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Cerritos College Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their associate degree in legal support in 2019-2020, 81.3% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 85.1%.
Of those graduates who received an associate degree in legal support at Cerritos College in 2019-2020, 81.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 42%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 13 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 2 |
| 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 | 16 |
*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.
