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Legal Professions at LaGuardia Community College

Legal Professions at LaGuardia Community College

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

LaGuardia is located in Long Island City, New York and has a total student population of 16,971.

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.

  • Basic Certificate in Legal Professions (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Associate’s Degree in Legal Professions

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

79% Women
58% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 21% of legal professions associate's degrees went to men and 79% went to women.

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LaGuardia does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in legal professions graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 5
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Legal Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at LaGuardia Community College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Support Services 31

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 NY, the home state for LaGuardia Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Lawyers 76,840 $167,110
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 25,500 $58,750
Legal Secretaries 15,440 $55,920
Law Professors 3,440 $137,990
Judges, and Magistrates 3,170 $158,970

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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