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Legal Support Services at Community College of Rhode Island

If you are interested in studying Legal Support Services, you may want to check out the program at Community College of Rhode Island. Get started with the following essential facts.

Community College of Rhode Island is located in Warwick, RI.

In the most recent year for which we have data, 27 legal support services graduations were recorded at Community College of Rhode Island.

Studying Online at Community College of Rhode Island

Distance learning is available at Community College of Rhode Island. Of 12,275 students, 2,352 (19%) were enrolled entirely in distance education and 3,958 (32%) took at least some classes online.

Earnings for Legal Support Services Graduates from Community College of Rhode Island

Those who finish Community College of Rhode Island’s Legal Support Services program earn at the following median levels (per the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard):

Years After Graduation	Median Earnings
2 years	$32,467
3 years	$33,927
4 years	$42,715
5 years	$44,387

How does this compare to the school overall? At the four-year mark, Legal Support Services graduates from Community College of Rhode Island take home a median $42,715, compared with $42,368 for all Community College of Rhode Island graduates — about 1% higher than the school-wide median.

Student Demographics & Diversity

Below you’ll find the student demographics for Legal Support Services graduates at Community College of Rhode Island, by degree type.

Program-wide, Legal Support Services graduates at Community College of Rhode Island are 89% women (24) and 11% men (3).

Legal Support Services Associate’s Program at Community College of Rhode Island

Among the 26 associate’s legal support services degrees awarded at Community College of Rhode Island, 88% were women (23) and 12% were men (3).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Legal Support Services associate’s degree recipients at Community College of Rhode Island.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	9
Hispanic / Latino	11
Black / African American	2
Two or More Races	1
International (Nonresident)	1
Unknown	2

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 54% of Legal Support Services associate’s degree recipients at Community College of Rhode Island, above the national average of 48%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

More Specific Legal Support Services Concentrations at Community College of Rhode Island

This Legal Support Services program at Community College of Rhode Island includes the following sub-specializations:

Concentration	Graduates
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	26
Court Reporting	1

Highest-Paying Careers for Legal Support Services Graduates

Students who finish Legal Support Services program at Community College of Rhode Island work across a variety of fields. Here are the highest-paying careers for Legal Support Services majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$134,350
Legal Support Workers, All Other	$80,735
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners	$76,955
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$67,272
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$55,524
Interpreters and Translators	$52,627

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.