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Legal Assistant/Paralegal at El Centro College

Legal Assistant/Paralegal at El Centro College

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

El Centro College is located in Dallas, Texas and has a total student population of 74,781.

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 El Centro College

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

82% Women
79% 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 Centro College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 2% more women than average.

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El Centro College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in paralegal graduates 34% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 16
Hispanic or Latino 30
White 12
International Students 0
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 TX, the home state for El Centro College.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 24,290 $56,270
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 6,250 $57,940
Legal Support Workers 2,140 $63,140

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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