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Legal Support Services at Lehigh Carbon Community College

If you plan to study Legal Support Services, consider the program at Lehigh Carbon Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Lehigh Carbon Community College sits in Schnecksville, PA.

In the most recent year for which we have data, 14 legal support services degrees were awarded at Lehigh Carbon Community College.

Online Class Availability at Lehigh Carbon Community College

Online coursework is an option at Lehigh Carbon Community College. Of 6,221 students, 1,816 (29%) studied exclusively online and 1,810 (29%) took at least some classes online.

Earnings for Legal Support Services Graduates from Lehigh Carbon Community College

Graduates of Lehigh Carbon 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	$31,127
3 years	$36,833
4 years	$36,732
5 years	$45,747

How does this compare to the school overall? Four years out, Legal Support Services graduates from Lehigh Carbon Community College report median earnings of $36,732, compared with $46,795 for all Lehigh Carbon Community College graduates — about 22% lower than the school-wide median.

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the diversity of Legal Support Services graduates at Lehigh Carbon Community College, broken down by degree level.

Across all degree levels, Legal Support Services graduates at Lehigh Carbon Community College are 93% women (13) and 7% men (1).

Legal Support Services Associate’s Program at Lehigh Carbon Community College

Among the 11 associate’s legal support services degrees awarded at Lehigh Carbon Community College, 91% were women (10) and 9% were men (1).

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

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	7
Hispanic / Latino	3
Black / African American	1

Minority students account for 36% of Legal Support Services associate’s degree recipients at Lehigh Carbon Community College, lower than 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 Lehigh Carbon Community College

The Legal Support Services program at Lehigh Carbon Community College offers more specialized concentrations:

Concentration	Graduates
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	14

Best-Paid Careers for Legal Support Services Graduates

Graduates of the Legal Support Services program at Lehigh Carbon Community College go on to a range of careers. The table below ranks 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.