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Legal Professions at Cuyahoga Community College District

Legal Professions at Cuyahoga Community College District

What traits are you looking for in a legal professions school? To help you decide if Cuyahoga Community College District is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's legal professions program.

Cuyahoga Community College District is located in Cleveland, Ohio and approximately 18,754 students attend the school each year.

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

Online Classes Are Available at Cuyahoga Community College District

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Cuyahoga Community College District offers distance education options for legal professions at the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree

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

94% Women
28% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 6% of legal professions associate's degrees went to men and 94% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in legal professions at Cuyahoga Community College District are white. Around 61% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 11
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Legal Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Cuyahoga Community College District. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Support Services 23

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 OH, the home state for Cuyahoga Community College District.

Occupation Jobs in OH Average Salary in OH
Lawyers 17,600 $121,520
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 9,150 $49,200
Legal Secretaries 4,830 $46,060
Judges, and Magistrates 2,510 $90,960
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 2,200 $48,520

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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