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Legal Professions at Madison Area Technical College

If you are interested in studying Legal Professions, you may want to check out the program at Madison Area Technical College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Madison Area Technical College sits in Madison, WI.

Online & Distance Learning at Madison Area Technical College

Many students take online classes at Madison Area Technical College. Among 13,641 students, 2,937 (22%) studied exclusively online and 3,333 (24%) took at least some classes online.

Earnings for Legal Professions Graduates from Madison Area Technical College

Students who complete Madison Area Technical College’s Legal Professions program earn at the following median levels (per the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard):

Years After Graduation	Median Earnings
1 year	$43,439

Best-Paid Careers for Legal Professions Graduates

Those who complete Legal Professions program at Madison Area Technical College work across a variety of fields. Below are the highest-paying careers for Legal Professions majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	$137,571
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$134,350
Judicial Law Clerks	$132,226
Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators	$93,794
Law Teachers, Postsecondary	$91,726
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$84,793
Legal Support Workers, All Other	$80,735
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners	$76,955
Lawyers	$73,181
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$67,272

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.