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Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Colorado Mountain College

Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Colorado Mountain College

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

Colorado Mountain College is located in Glenwood Springs, Colorado and approximately 5,315 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.

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

Online Classes Are Available at Colorado Mountain 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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Colorado Mountain College does offer online courses in paralegal for the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree

Paralegal Student Demographics at Colorado Mountain College

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

75% Women
58% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 25% of paralegal associate's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in paralegal only graduates about 16% men each year. The program at Colorado Mountain College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 9% more women than average.

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Colorado Mountain College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in paralegal graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 5
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 CO, the home state for Colorado Mountain College.

Occupation Jobs in CO Average Salary in CO
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 5,250 $58,350
Legal Support Workers 1,710 $66,030
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 1,240 $64,900

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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