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Legal Support Services at Dutchess Community College

Legal Support Services at Dutchess Community College

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

DCC is located in Poughkeepsie, New York and has a total student population of 8,034.

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.

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

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

100% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of legal support associate's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in legal support at DCC are white. Around 73% 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 Dutchess 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 8
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

If you plan to be a legal support major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Dutchess Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Assistant/Paralegal 11

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 NY, the home state for Dutchess Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 25,500 $58,750
Legal Secretaries 15,440 $55,920
Legal Support Workers 2,440 $62,760
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 2,140 $60,500
Court Reporters 1,430 $90,040

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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