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 University for Women. 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, 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 MUW was ranked #159 on College Factual's Best Schools for legal support list. It is also ranked #4 in Mississippi.
Here are some of the other rankings for MUW.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at MUW was $314 per credit hour 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 | $7,425 | $7,425 |
| Fees | $100 | $100 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,600 | $1,600 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $7,648 | $7,648 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $4,415 | $4,415 |
Learn more about MUW tuition and fees.
legal support who receive their bachelor’s degree from MUW make an average of $25,194 a year during the early days of their career. That is 22% lower than the national average of $32,337.
Online degrees for the MUW 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 MUW Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in legal support in 2019-2020, 81.3% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 78.7%.
Around 50.0% of legal support bachelor’s degree recipients at MUW in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 37%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 8 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 8 |
| 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 | 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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