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Legal Professions at Forsyth Technical Community College

Legal Professions at Forsyth Technical Community College

If you plan to study legal professions, take a look at what Forsyth Technical Community College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Forsyth Tech is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and has a total student population of 7,587.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Legal Professions section at the bottom of this page.

  • Basic Certificate in Legal Professions (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Undergrad Certificate in Legal Professions (1 - 4 Years)
  • Associate’s Degree in Legal Professions

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal professions majors at Forsyth Technical Community College.

91% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 9% of legal professions associate's degrees went to men and 91% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in legal professions at Forsyth Tech are white. Around 64% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. Forsyth Tech does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in legal professions graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Forsyth Technical Community College with a associate's in legal professions.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 7
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Legal Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Forsyth Technical Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Support Services 16

A degree in legal professions can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for Forsyth Technical Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Lawyers 12,560 $129,990
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 10,160 $47,210
Legal Secretaries 2,060 $47,030
Legal Support Workers 750 $65,160
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 590 $48,880

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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