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 Mercy College. 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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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at Mercy was ranked #116 on College Factual's Best Schools for legal support list. It is also ranked #9 in New York.
Here are some of the other rankings for Mercy.
Part-time undergraduates at Mercy paid an average of $823 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $19,578 | $19,578 |
| Fees | $800 | $800 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,652 | $1,652 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $14,650 | $14,650 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $3,292 | $3,292 |
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Mercy does not offer an online option for its legal support bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Mercy Online Learning page.
About 50.0% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in legal support in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 78.7%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in legal support at Mercy in 2019-2020, 50.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 37%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 3 |
| International Students | 0 |
| 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 | 8 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to legal support services.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Non-Professional General Legal Studies | 16 |
*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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