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Legal Support Services at Arapahoe Community College

If you are interested in studying Legal Support Services, you may want to check out the program at Arapahoe Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Arapahoe Community College is in Littleton, CO.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 29 legal support services graduations were recorded at Arapahoe Community College.

Studying Online at Arapahoe Community College

Many students take online classes at Arapahoe Community College. Among 15,012 students, 2,215 (15%) studied exclusively online and 1,615 (11%) took at least some classes online.

Earnings for Legal Support Services Graduates from Arapahoe Community College

Those who finish Arapahoe Community College’s Legal Support Services program report the following median earnings (per the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard):

Years After Graduation	Median Earnings
2 years	$36,448
3 years	$44,267
4 years	$51,257
5 years	$53,513

How do these earnings stack up against the rest of the school? Four years after graduating, Legal Support Services graduates from Arapahoe Community College report median earnings of $51,257, compared with $49,526 for all Arapahoe Community College graduates — about 3% higher than the school-wide median.

Median Debt at Graduation

Median student loan debt for Legal Support Services graduates from Arapahoe Community College is $20,750.

Student Demographics & Diversity

Take a look at the diversity of Legal Support Services graduates at Arapahoe Community College, broken down by degree level.

Across all degree levels, Legal Support Services graduates at Arapahoe Community College are 90% women (26) and 10% men (3).

Legal Support Services Associate’s Program at Arapahoe Community College

Of the 7 associate’s legal support services degrees awarded at Arapahoe Community College, 100% were women (7) and 0% were men (0).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Legal Support Services associate’s degree recipients at Arapahoe Community College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	3
Hispanic / Latino	2
Asian	2

Minority students account for 57% of Legal Support Services associate’s degree recipients at Arapahoe Community College, above the national average of 48%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

More Specific Legal Support Services Concentrations at Arapahoe Community College

The Legal Support Services program at Arapahoe Community College includes the following sub-specializations:

Concentration	Graduates
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	29

Highest-Paying Careers for Legal Support Services Graduates

Graduates of the Legal Support Services program at Arapahoe Community College work across a variety of fields. The table below ranks the top-paying careers for Legal Support Services majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$134,350
Legal Support Workers, All Other	$80,735
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners	$76,955
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$67,272
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$55,524
Interpreters and Translators	$52,627

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.