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 SUNY Canton. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in legal support, such as diversity 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. The bachelor's program at SUNY Canton was ranked #75 on College Factual's Best Schools for legal support list. It is also ranked #7 in New York.
Here are some of the other rankings for SUNY Canton.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at SUNY Canton paid an average of $450 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $295 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $7,070 | $13,223 |
| Fees | $1,619 | $1,619 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,300 | $1,300 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $13,635 | $13,635 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $2,168 | $2,168 |
Learn more about SUNY Canton tuition and fees.
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 bachelor’s degree at SUNY Canton took out an average of $36,929 in student loans. That is 3% higher than the national average of $35,709.
The median early career salary of legal support students who receive their bachelor’s degree from SUNY Canton is $39,729 per year. That is 23% higher than the national average of $32,337.
If you’re interested in online learning, you’re in luck. SUNY Canton does offer online classes in its legal support bachelor’s degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the SUNY Canton Online Learning page.
About 78.9% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in legal support in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 78.7%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in legal support at SUNY Canton in 2019-2020, 10.5% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 37%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 16 |
| International Students | 1 |
| 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 | 19 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to legal support services.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Non-Professional General Legal Studies | 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.
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