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 Mississippi College. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in legal support, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, 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 MC was ranked #112 on College Factual's Best Schools for legal support list. It is also ranked #1 in Mississippi.
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Part-time undergraduates at MC paid an average of $570 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 | $18,200 | $18,200 |
| Fees | $1,108 | $1,108 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $10,950 | $10,950 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $4,514 | $4,514 |
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Online degrees for the MC legal support bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the MC Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in legal support in 2019-2020, 77.8% of them were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 78.7%.
Around 33.3% of legal support bachelor’s degree recipients at MC 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 | 2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 6 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Legal Support Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Legal Assistant/Paralegal | 9 |
*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.
