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Legal Support Services at Hillsborough Community College

Legal Support Services at Hillsborough Community College

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

HCC is located in Tampa, Florida and has a total student population of 19,532.

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 Hillsborough Community College.

80% Women
43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 20% of legal support associate's degrees went to men and 80% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in legal support only graduates about 16% men each year. The program at HCC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 4% more women than average.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in legal support at HCC are white. Around 53% fell into this category, which is typical for this degree.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 16
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

If you plan to be a legal support major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Hillsborough Community College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Assistant/Paralegal 39

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 FL, the home state for Hillsborough Community College.

Occupation Jobs in FL Average Salary in FL
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 30,230 $50,120
Legal Secretaries 9,460 $45,550
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 4,800 $50,350
Legal Support Workers 1,750 $65,520
Court Reporters 1,340 $47,950

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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