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Legal Assistant/Paralegal at El Camino College

Legal Assistant/Paralegal at El Camino College

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

El Camino College is located in Torrance, California and approximately 20,418 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.

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

Paralegal Student Demographics at El Camino College

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

82% Women
65% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 18% of paralegal associate's degrees went to men and 82% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in paralegal only graduates about 16% men each year. The program at El Camino College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 1% more women than average.

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El Camino College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in paralegal graduates 20% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 5
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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 CA, the home state for El Camino College.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 33,390 $61,240
Legal Support Workers 7,050 $56,420
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 3,560 $58,180

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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