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Legal Support Services at Lone Star College System

If you are interested in studying Legal Support Services, you may want to check out the program at Lone Star College System. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Lone Star College System sits in The Woodlands, TX.

In the most recent year for which we have data, 75 legal support services degrees were granted at Lone Star College System.

Online Class Availability at Lone Star College System

Online coursework is an option at Lone Star College System. Of 73,077 students, 23,040 (32%) studied exclusively online and 18,639 (26%) took at least some classes online.

Earnings for Legal Support Services Graduates from Lone Star College System

Those who finish Lone Star College System’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	$38,289
4 years	$38,903
5 years	$44,720

How do these earnings stack up against the rest of the school? Four years out, Legal Support Services graduates from Lone Star College System take home a median $38,903, compared with $42,254 for all Lone Star College System graduates — about 8% lower than the school-wide median.

Median Debt at Graduation

The median debt for Legal Support Services graduates from Lone Star College System stands at $17,251.

Student Demographics & Diversity

Below you’ll find the student demographics for Legal Support Services graduates at Lone Star College System, broken down by degree level.

Program-wide, Legal Support Services graduates at Lone Star College System are 87% women (65) and 13% men (10).

Legal Support Services Associate’s Program at Lone Star College System

Among the 42 associate’s legal support services graduates at Lone Star College System, 86% were women (36) and 14% were men (6).

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

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	5
Hispanic / Latino	19
Black / African American	10
Asian	1
Two or More Races	2
International (Nonresident)	4
Unknown	1

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 76% of Legal Support Services associate’s degree recipients at Lone Star College System, higher 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 Lone Star College System

The Legal Support Services program at Lone Star College System breaks down into more specific concentrations:

Concentration	Graduates
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	75

Best-Paid Careers for Legal Support Services Graduates

Graduates of the Legal Support Services program at Lone Star College System pursue many career paths. The table below ranks the highest-paying 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.