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Legal Support Services at El Paso Community College

Legal Support Services at El Paso Community College

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

El Paso Community College is located in El Paso, Texas and approximately 26,034 students attend the school each year.

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 El Paso Community College.

57% Women
100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 43% of legal support associate's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in legal support only graduates about 16% men each year. The program at El Paso Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 27% more women than average.

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El Paso Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in legal support graduates 55% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from El Paso 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 14
White 0
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 El Paso Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Assistant/Paralegal 16
Court Reporting and Captioning 2

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 TX, the home state for El Paso Community College.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 24,290 $56,270
Legal Secretaries 12,990 $46,430
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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