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 Peirce College. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s 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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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. Peirce was ranked #24 on College Factual's most recent list of the best schools for legal support majors. This puts the bachelor's program at the school solidly in the top 15% of all colleges and universities in the country. It is also ranked #1 in Pennsylvania.
Here are some of the other rankings for Peirce.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Peirce was $600 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 | $14,400 | $14,400 |
| Fees | $660 | $660 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,600 | $1,600 |
Learn more about Peirce 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. Legal Support students who received their bachelor’s degree at Peirce took out an average of $42,650 in student loans. That is 19% higher than the national average of $35,709.
legal support who receive their bachelor’s degree from Peirce make an average of $41,937 a year during the early days of their career. That is 30% higher than the national average of $32,337.
If you’re one of the many students who want the flexibility of distance learning courses, you’ll be happy to hear that Peirce offers online option in its legal support bachelor’s degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Peirce Online Learning page.
Women made up around 80.0% of the legal support students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 78.7%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 48.0% of the legal support bachelor’s degrees at Peirce in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 37%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 2 |
| Black or African American | 7 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 10 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Legal Support Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Legal Assistant/Paralegal | 25 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to legal support services.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Legal Professions (Other) | 1 |
*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.
