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Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Los Angeles Mission College

Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Los Angeles Mission College

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

Los Angeles Mission College is located in Sylmar, California and approximately 9,451 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.

  • Undergrad Certificate in Paralegal (1 - 4 Years)
  • Associate’s Degree in Paralegal

Online Classes Are Available at Los Angeles Mission College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Los Angeles Mission College offers distance education options for paralegal at the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree

Paralegal Student Demographics at Los Angeles Mission College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the paralegal majors at Los Angeles Mission College.

89% Women
67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 11% of paralegal associate's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

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Los Angeles Mission College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in paralegal graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 2
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 CA, the home state for Los Angeles Mission College.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 33,390 $61,240
Legal Support Workers 7,050 $56,420
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 3,560 $58,180

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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