Legal Assistant/Paralegal at American River College

If you plan to study legal assistant/paralegal, take a look at what American River College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

American River is located in Sacramento, California and approximately 25,422 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Legal Assistant/Paralegal section at the bottom of this page.

American River Legal Assistant/Paralegal Degrees Available

Undergrad Certificate in Paralegal (1 - 4 Years)
Associate’s Degree in Paralegal

American River Legal Assistant/Paralegal Rankings

Paralegal Student Demographics at American River

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the paralegal majors at American River College.

American River Legal Assistant/Paralegal Associate’s Program

78% Women

53% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of paralegal associate's degrees went to men and 78% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in paralegal only graduates about 16% men each year. The program at American River may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 5% more women than average.

American River does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in paralegal graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from American River College with a associate's in paralegal.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	30
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

Careers That Paralegal Grads May Go Into

A degree in paralegal can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for American River College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	33,390	$61,240
Legal Support Workers	7,050	$56,420
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	3,560	$58,180

References

*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.

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