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Legal Support Services at Des Moines Area Community College

Legal Support Services at Des Moines Area Community College

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

DMACC is located in Ankeny, Iowa and has a total student population of 23,051.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Legal Support Services section at the bottom of this page.

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

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal support majors at Des Moines Area Community College.

92% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 8% of legal support associate's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in legal support at DMACC are white. Around 69% 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 Des Moines Area Community College with a associate's in legal support.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 9
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

The following legal support concentations are available at Des Moines Area Community College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Des Moines Area Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Assistant/Paralegal 11
Court Reporting and Captioning 8

A degree in legal support can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for Des Moines Area Community College.

Occupation Jobs in IA Average Salary in IA
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 2,350 $46,990
Legal Secretaries 1,470 $38,680
Legal Support Workers 810 $47,310
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 690 $35,560
Court Reporters 270 $64,930

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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