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Legal Professions at College of Southern Nevada

Legal Professions at College of Southern Nevada

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

CSN is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and has a total student population of 29,965.

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.

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

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

68% Women
73% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 32% of legal professions associate's degrees went to men and 68% went to women.

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CSN does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in legal professions graduates 40% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from College of Southern Nevada 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 11
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

If you plan to be a legal professions major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from College of Southern Nevada. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Support Services 39

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 NV, the home state for College of Southern Nevada.

Occupation Jobs in NV Average Salary in NV
Lawyers 4,830 $138,920
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 2,440 $57,600
Legal Secretaries 2,270 $46,350
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 470 $56,090
Legal Support Workers 370 $64,540

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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