Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Liberty University

If you are interested in studying legal assistant/paralegal, you may want to check out the program at Liberty University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Liberty University is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and approximately 93,349 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Legal Assistant/Paralegal section at the bottom of this page.

Liberty University Legal Assistant/Paralegal Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Paralegal (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in Paralegal
• Bachelor’s Degree in Paralegal

Online Classes Are Available at Liberty University

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Liberty University does offer online courses in paralegal for the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree

Liberty University Legal Assistant/Paralegal Rankings

The paralegal major at Liberty University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Legal Assistant/Paralegal. 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.

Paralegal Student Demographics at Liberty University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the paralegal majors at Liberty University.

Liberty University Legal Assistant/Paralegal Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of paralegal associate's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Liberty University with a associate's in paralegal.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	41
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	28

Liberty University Legal Assistant/Paralegal Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of paralegal bachelor's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in paralegal at Liberty University are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Liberty University with a bachelor's in paralegal.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	43
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	23

Related Majors

Careers That Paralegal Grads May Go Into

A degree in paralegal can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for Liberty University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	9,960	$51,600
Legal Support Workers	7,050	$114,390
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	1,390	$45,530

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Nyttend under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.