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 Florida SouthWestern State College. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the associate degree program in legal support, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at FSW paid an average of $325 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $81 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $2,436 | $9,750 |
| Fees | $965 | $3,229 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,950 | $1,950 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $2,320 | $2,320 |
Learn more about FSW tuition and fees.
legal support who receive their associate degree from FSW make an average of $32,382 a year during the early days of their career. That is 15% higher than the national average of $28,116.
FSW 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 FSW 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 in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 85.1%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 30.0% of the legal support associate degrees at FSW in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 42%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 11 |
| International Students | 1 |
| 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 | 20 |
*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.
