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 Lehigh Carbon Community College. Here, you’ll find out more about the major associate degree program in legal support, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at LCCC paid an average of $400 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $279 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $6,720 | $10,080 |
| Fees | $1,350 | $1,620 |
| Books and Supplies | $2,000 | $2,000 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their associate degree at LCCC in Legal Support walked away with an average of $11,750 in student debt. That is 46% lower than the national average of $21,915.
The median early career salary of legal support students who receive their associate degree from LCCC is $32,284 per year. That is 15% higher than the national average of $28,116.
Online degrees for the LCCC 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 LCCC Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their associate degree in legal support in 2019-2020, all of them were women.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 60.0% of the legal support associate degrees at LCCC in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 42%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 3 |
| International Students | 1 |
| 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 | 10 |
*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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