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 Metropolitan Community College. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the associate degree program in legal support, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at MCC paid an average of $99 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $66 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $2,970 | $4,455 |
| Fees | $225 | $225 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,500 | $1,500 |
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The median early career salary of legal support students who receive their associate degree from MCC is $35,060 per year. That is 25% higher than the national average of $28,116.
Online degrees for the MCC 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 MCC Online Learning page.
Women made up around 68.4% of the legal support students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 85.1%.
Of those graduates who received an associate degree in legal support at MCC in 2019-2020, 21.1% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 42%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 13 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
Legal Support Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Legal Assistant/Paralegal | 19 |
*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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