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 Portland Community 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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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Portland Community College paid an average of $258 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $123 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $4,428 | $9,288 |
| Fees | $382 | $382 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,731 | $1,731 |
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You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Legal Support students who received their associate degree at Portland Community College took out an average of $23,714 in student loans. That is 8% higher than the national average of $21,915.
legal support who receive their associate degree from Portland Community College make an average of $41,136 a year during the early days of their career. That is 46% higher than the national average of $28,116.
Online degrees for the Portland Community College 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 Portland Community College Online Learning page.
Women made up around 82.7% 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 Portland Community College in 2019-2020, 15.4% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 42%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 38 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 10 |
Legal Support Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Legal Assistant/Paralegal | 52 |
*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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