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 New York City College of Technology. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in legal support, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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If you're having trouble deciding which school is best for you, you may want to check out our many college rankings. City Tech is in the top 10% of the country for legal support. More specifically it was ranked #16 out of 218 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #3 in New York.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at City Tech paid an average of $620 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $305 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $6,930 | $14,880 |
| Fees | $390 | $390 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,364 | $1,364 |
Learn more about City Tech 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 bachelor’s degree at City Tech in Legal Support walked away with an average of $16,093 in student debt. That is 55% lower than the national average of $35,709.
legal support who receive their bachelor’s degree from City Tech make an average of $42,309 a year during the early days of their career. That is 31% higher than the national average of $32,337.
City Tech does not offer an online option for its legal support bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the City Tech Online Learning page.
Women made up around 86.4% of the legal support students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 78.7%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 79.5% of the legal support bachelor’s degrees at City Tech in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 37%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 6 |
| Black or African American | 10 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 17 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 7 |
| International Students | 2 |
| 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 | 44 |
*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.
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