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Legal Support Services at George Washington University

Legal Support Services at George Washington University

29 Master's Degrees
If you plan to study legal support services, take a look at what George Washington University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 27,017 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.

  • Master’s Degree in Legal Support

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal support majors at George Washington University.

83% Women
57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 17% of legal support master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 16% men graduate in legal support each year. GWU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% more men than average.

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In the legal support master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from George Washington University with a master's in legal support.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 6
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

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 George Washington University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Assistant/Paralegal 43

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 DC, the home state for George Washington University.

Occupation Jobs in DC Average Salary in DC
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 5,330 $80,470
Legal Secretaries 3,540 $86,190
Legal Support Workers 2,480 $74,330
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 50 $74,080

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*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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