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 Miami Dade College. 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, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at MDC paid an average of $403 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $118 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $1,987 | $7,947 |
| Fees | $851 | $1,714 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,500 | $1,500 |
Learn more about MDC tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Students who received their associate degree at MDC in Legal Support walked away with an average of $7,500 in student debt. That is 66% lower than the national average of $21,915.
legal support who receive their associate degree from MDC make an average of $32,925 a year during the early days of their career. That is 17% higher than the national average of $28,116.
Online degrees for the MDC 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 MDC Online Learning page.
Women made up around 84.4% of the legal support students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 85.1%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 84.4% of the legal support associate degrees at MDC in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 42%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 35 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 2 |
| International Students | 4 |
| 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 | 45 |
*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.
