by our College Data Analytics TeamLegal Support Services is a major offered under the legal professions program of study at Des Moines Area 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, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at DMACC paid an average of $340 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $170 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $5,100 | $10,200 |
| Books and Supplies | $870 | $870 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $7,276 | $7,276 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $1,654 | $1,654 |
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You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Legal Support students who received their associate degree at DMACC took out an average of $20,834 in student loans. That is 5% lower than the national average of $21,915.
The median early career salary of legal support students who receive their associate degree from DMACC is $35,060 per year. That is 25% higher than the national average of $28,116.
Online degrees for the DMACC 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 DMACC Online Learning page.
Women made up around 85.0% of the legal support students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 85.1%.
Of those graduates who received an associate degree in legal support at DMACC in 2019-2020, 10.0% were 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 | 16 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Legal Support Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Legal Assistant/Paralegal | 12 |
| Court Reporting and Captioning | 8 |
*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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