Legal Assistant/Paralegal at LaGuardia Community College

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

LaGuardia is located in Long Island City, New York and approximately 16,971 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.

LaGuardia Legal Assistant/Paralegal Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in Paralegal (Less Than 1 Year)
Associate’s Degree in Paralegal

LaGuardia Legal Assistant/Paralegal Rankings

Paralegal Student Demographics at LaGuardia

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

LaGuardia Legal Assistant/Paralegal Associate’s Program

79% Women

58% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of paralegal associate's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in paralegal only graduates about 16% men each year. The program at LaGuardia may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 5% more women than average.

LaGuardia 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 LaGuardia Community College with a associate's in paralegal.

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

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 NY, the home state for LaGuardia Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	25,500	$58,750
Legal Support Workers	2,440	$62,760
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	2,140	$60,500

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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