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 Southwestern Illinois College. Here, you’ll find out more about the major associate degree program in legal support, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at SWIC was $189 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $204 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $6,120 | $5,670 |
| Fees | $270 | $270 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,710 | $1,710 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Legal Support students who received their associate degree at SWIC took out an average of $10,163 in student loans. That is 54% lower than the national average of $21,915.
The median early career salary of legal support students who receive their associate degree from SWIC is $29,685 per year. That is 6% higher than the national average of $28,116.
Online degrees for the SWIC 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 SWIC Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their associate degree in legal support in 2019-2020, 90.5% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 85.1%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 9.5% of the legal support associate degrees at SWIC in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 42%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 19 |
| 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 | 21 |
*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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