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Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Coastal Carolina Community College

Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Coastal Carolina Community College

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

Coastal Carolina Community College is located in Jacksonville, North Carolina and approximately 3,571 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.

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

Online Classes Are Available at Coastal Carolina Community College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Coastal Carolina Community College does offer online education options in paralegal for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

Paralegal Student Demographics at Coastal Carolina Community College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the paralegal majors at Coastal Carolina Community College.

100% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of paralegal associate's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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Coastal Carolina Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in paralegal graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 NC, the home state for Coastal Carolina Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 10,160 $47,210
Legal Support Workers 750 $65,160
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 590 $48,880

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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