by our College Data Analytics TeamLegal Assistant/Paralegal is a concentration offered under the legal support services major at Southwest Tennessee Community College. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the associate degree program in paralegal, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at Southwest paid an average of $692 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $168 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $4,032 | $16,608 |
| Fees | $311 | $311 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,545 | $1,545 |
Learn more about Southwest tuition and fees.
Online degrees for the Southwest paralegal associate degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Southwest Online Learning page.
Women made up around 92.9% of the paralegal students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 85.0%.
Around 35.7% of paralegal associate degree recipients at Southwest in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 43%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 4 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 9 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 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.
