Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Community College of Denver

If you are interested in studying legal assistant/paralegal, you may want to check out the program at Community College of Denver. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

CCD is located in Denver, Colorado and approximately 7,273 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.

CCD Legal Assistant/Paralegal Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at CCD

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.

CCD does offer online education options in paralegal for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

Associate’s Degree

CCD Legal Assistant/Paralegal Rankings

Paralegal Student Demographics at CCD

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

CCD Legal Assistant/Paralegal Associate’s Program

82% Women

64% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of paralegal associate's degrees went to men and 82% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in paralegal only graduates about 16% men each year. The program at CCD may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 2% more women than average.

CCD does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in paralegal graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

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 Community College of Denver.

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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