The 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 Lone Star College System. 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, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at North Harris Montgomery was $248 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $193 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $4,632 | $5,952 |
Fees | $48 | $48 |
Books and Supplies | $2,550 | $2,550 |
Learn more about North Harris Montgomery tuition and fees.
The median early career salary of legal support students who receive their associate degree from North Harris Montgomery is $29,322 per year. That is 4% higher than the national average of $28,116.
Online degrees for the North Harris Montgomery 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 North Harris Montgomery Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their associate degree in legal support in 2019-2020, 89.7% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 85.1%.
Around 62.1% of legal support associate degree recipients at North Harris Montgomery in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 42%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 6 |
Hispanic or Latino | 12 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 10 |
International Students | 1 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Legal Support Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Legal Assistant/Paralegal | 29 |
*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.