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Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Western Kentucky University

We've gathered data and other essential information about the program, such as the ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more. In addition, we cover how WKU ranks in comparison to other schools with paralegal programs.

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Legal Assistant/Paralegal Degrees Available at WKU

• Bachelor’s Degree in Paralegal

WKU Paralegal Rankings

The paralegal major at WKU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Legal Assistant/Paralegal. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

During the 2020-2021 academic year, Western Kentucky University handed out 13 bachelor's degrees in legal assistant/paralegal. This is an increase of 117% over the previous year when 6 degrees were handed out.

WKU Paralegal Students

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the paralegal majors at Western Kentucky University.

WKU Legal Assistant/Paralegal Bachelor’s Program

The paralegal program at WKU awarded 13 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 8% of these degrees went to men with the other 92% going to women.

The majority of bachelor's degree recipients in this major at WKU are white. In the most recent graduating class for which data is available, 54% of students fell into this category.

The following table and chart show the ethnic background for students who recently graduated from Western Kentucky University with a bachelor's in paralegal.

Ethnic Background	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
Non-Resident Aliens	0
Other Races	1

References

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By OPMaster under License

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