Florida SouthWestern State College Associate in Legal Assistant/Paralegal

20 Associate Degrees Awarded

Legal Assistant/Paralegal is a concentration offered under the legal support services major at Florida SouthWestern State College. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the associate degree program in paralegal, 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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Undergraduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
References

How Much Does an Associate in Paralegal from FSW Cost?

$3,401 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)

FSW Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

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 following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.

	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.

Does FSW Offer an Online Associate in Paralegal?

FSW does not offer an online option for its paralegal associate degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the FSW Online Learning page.

FSW Associate Student Diversity for Paralegal

20 Associate Degrees Awarded

85.0% Women

30.0% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 20 students received their associate degree in paralegal. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 85.0% of the paralegal students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 85.0%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 30.0% of the paralegal associate degrees at FSW in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 43%.

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

References

*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.