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Legal Support Services at Houston Community College

If you are interested in studying Legal Support Services, you may want to check out the program at Houston Community College. Get started with the following essential facts.

Houston Community College sits in Houston, TX.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 76 legal support services degrees were granted at Houston Community College.

Studying Online at Houston Community College

Online coursework is an option at Houston Community College. Among 53,253 students, 15,681 (29%) were enrolled entirely in distance education and 16,085 (30%) took at least some classes online.

Earnings for Legal Support Services Graduates from Houston Community College

Those who finish Houston Community College’s Legal Support Services program earn the following amounts (per the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard):

Years After Graduation	Median Earnings
2 years	$32,925
3 years	$35,149
4 years	$44,694
5 years	$43,910

How do these earnings stack up against the rest of the school? Four years out, Legal Support Services graduates from Houston Community College earn a median of $44,694, compared with $40,924 for all Houston Community College graduates — about 9% higher than the school-wide median.

Median Debt at Graduation

The median debt for Legal Support Services graduates from Houston Community College is $14,000.

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the student demographics for Legal Support Services graduates at Houston Community College, by degree type.

Program-wide, Legal Support Services graduates at Houston Community College are 75% women (57) and 25% men (19).

Legal Support Services Associate’s Program at Houston Community College

Of the 37 associate’s legal support services degrees awarded at Houston Community College, 73% were women (27) and 27% were men (10).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Legal Support Services associate’s degree recipients at Houston Community College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	5
Hispanic / Latino	15
Black / African American	10
Asian	1
Two or More Races	1
International (Nonresident)	4
Unknown	1

Minority students account for 73% of Legal Support Services associate’s degree recipients at Houston Community College, above the national average of 48%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

More Specific Legal Support Services Concentrations at Houston Community College

The Legal Support Services program at Houston Community College breaks down into more specific concentrations:

Concentration	Graduates
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	76

Top-Paying Careers for Legal Support Services Graduates

Graduates of the Legal Support Services program at Houston Community College work across a variety of fields. Here are the best-paid careers for Legal Support Services majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$134,350
Legal Support Workers, All Other	$80,735
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners	$76,955
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$67,272
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$55,524
Interpreters and Translators	$52,627

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.