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Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Florida SouthWestern State College

Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Florida SouthWestern State College

If you plan to study legal assistant/paralegal, take a look at what Florida SouthWestern State College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

FSW is located in Fort Myers, Florida and approximately 15,141 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.

  • Associate’s Degree in Paralegal

Paralegal Student Demographics at FSW

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the paralegal majors at Florida SouthWestern State College.

92% Women
42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 8% of paralegal associate's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Florida SouthWestern State College with a associate's in paralegal.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 6
International Students 1
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 FL, the home state for Florida SouthWestern State College.

Occupation Jobs in FL Average Salary in FL
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 30,230 $50,120
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 4,800 $50,350
Legal Support Workers 1,750 $65,520

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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