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Legal Support Services at Grand Valley State University

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Legal Support Services at Grand Valley State University

If you plan to study legal support services, take a look at what Grand Valley State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

GVSU is located in Allendale, Michigan and has a total student population of 23,350. In 2021, 33 legal support majors received their bachelor's degree from GVSU.

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)
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Legal Support

The following rankings from College Factual show how the legal support progam at GVSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The legal support major at GVSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Legal Support Services. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type Rank
Best Value Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools 11
20

The median salary of legal support students who receive their bachelor's degree at GVSU is $36,426. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 1% higher than the national average of $35,956 for all legal support bachelor's degree recipients.

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Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal support majors at Grand Valley State University.

82% Women
30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 students earned a bachelor's degree in legal support from GVSU. About 82% of these graduates were women and the other 18% were men. The typical legal support bachelor's degree program is made up of only 15% men. So male students are more repesented at GVSU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

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About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in legal support at GVSU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Grand Valley State University with a bachelor's in legal support.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 23
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

GVSU also has a doctoral program available in legal support. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 MI, the home state for Grand Valley State University.

Occupation Jobs in MI Average Salary in MI
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 6,110 $50,590
Legal Secretaries 5,230 $45,140
Court Reporters 500 $54,720

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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