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Legal Professions at Cerritos College

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Legal Professions at Cerritos College

What traits are you looking for in a legal professions school? To help you decide if Cerritos College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's legal professions program.

Cerritos College is located in Norwalk, California and has a total student population of 20,406.

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

  • Basic Certificate in Legal Professions (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Undergrad Certificate in Legal Professions (1 - 4 Years)
  • Associate’s Degree in Legal Professions

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Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal professions majors at Cerritos College.

88% Women
81% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 12% of legal professions associate's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

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Cerritos College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in legal professions graduates 48% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 17
White 5
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

The following legal professions concentations are available at Cerritos College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Cerritos College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Support Services 26

A degree in legal professions 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 Cerritos College.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Lawyers 82,180 $171,550
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 33,390 $61,240
Legal Secretaries 26,220 $56,570
Legal Support Workers 7,050 $56,420
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 3,560 $58,180

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*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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