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 Liberty University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in legal support, 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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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at Liberty University was ranked #105 on College Factual's Best Schools for legal support list. It is also ranked #4 in Virginia.
Here are some of the other rankings for Liberty University.
Part-time undergraduates at Liberty University paid an average of $376 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $14,791 | $14,791 |
| Fees | $669 | $669 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,299 | $1,299 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $11,273 | $11,273 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $6,310 | $6,310 |
Learn more about Liberty University 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. Legal Support students who received their bachelor’s degree at Liberty University took out an average of $40,457 in student loans. That is 13% higher than the national average of $35,709.
legal support who receive their bachelor’s degree from Liberty University make an average of $33,171 a year during the early days of their career. That is 3% higher than the national average of $32,337.
If you’re one of the many students who want the flexibility of distance learning courses, you’ll be happy to hear that Liberty University offers online option in its legal support bachelor’s degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Liberty University Online Learning page.
Women made up around 87.2% 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%.
Around 20.0% of legal support bachelor’s degree recipients at Liberty University in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 37%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 9 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 9 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 |
| White | 67 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 37 |
Legal Support Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Legal Assistant/Paralegal | 125 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to legal support services.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Non-Professional General Legal Studies | 64 |
*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.
