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Legal Support Services at Johnston Community College

If you plan to study Legal Support Services, you may want to check out the program at Johnston Community College. We’ve gathered the following information to help you decide.

Johnston Community College sits in Smithfield, NC.

During the most recent reporting year, 27 legal support services degrees were granted at Johnston Community College.

Studying Online at Johnston Community College

Online coursework is an option at Johnston Community College. Of 5,371 students, 2,222 (41%) studied exclusively online and 2,580 (48%) took at least some classes online.

Earnings for Legal Support Services Graduates from Johnston Community College

Students who complete Johnston Community College’s Legal Support Services program report the following median earnings (per the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard):

Years After Graduation	Median Earnings
2 years	$27,295
4 years	$34,556
5 years	$39,884

How do these earnings stack up against the rest of the school? Four years after graduating, Legal Support Services graduates from Johnston Community College earn a median of $34,556, compared with $35,419 for all Johnston Community College graduates — about 2% lower than the school-wide median.

Student Demographics & Diversity

Take a look at the diversity of Legal Support Services graduates at Johnston Community College, by degree type.

Program-wide, Legal Support Services graduates at Johnston Community College are 81% women (22) and 19% men (5).

Legal Support Services Associate’s Program at Johnston Community College

Among the 6 associate’s legal support services graduates at Johnston Community College, 83% were women (5) and 17% were men (1).

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

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	4
Black / African American	2

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of Legal Support Services associate’s degree recipients at Johnston Community College, below 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 Johnston Community College

This Legal Support Services program at Johnston Community College offers more specialized concentrations:

Concentration	Graduates
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	27

Top-Paying Careers for Legal Support Services Graduates

Students who finish Legal Support Services program at Johnston Community College go on to a range of careers. 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.