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Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Madison Area Technical College

If you plan to study Legal Assistant/Paralegal, take a look at what Madison Area Technical College. Get started with the following essential facts.

Madison Area Technical College is in Madison, WI.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 43 legal assistant/paralegal degrees were awarded at Madison Area Technical College.

Online Class Availability at Madison Area Technical College

Distance learning is available at Madison Area Technical College. Of 13,641 students, 2,937 (22%) were enrolled entirely in distance education and 3,333 (24%) took at least some classes online.

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the composition of Legal Assistant/Paralegal graduates at Madison Area Technical College, by degree type.

Program-wide, Legal Assistant/Paralegal graduates at Madison Area Technical College are 81% women (35) and 19% men (8).

Legal Assistant/Paralegal Associate’s Program at Madison Area Technical College

Of the 21 associate’s legal assistant/paralegal graduates at Madison Area Technical College, 90% were women (19) and 10% were men (2).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Legal Assistant/Paralegal associate’s degree recipients at Madison Area Technical College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	11
Hispanic / Latino	4
Black / African American	1
Asian	2
Two or More Races	3

Minority students account for 48% of Legal Assistant/Paralegal associate’s degree recipients at Madison Area Technical College, lower than the national average of 49%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

Highest-Paying Careers for Legal Assistant/Paralegal Graduates

Those who complete Legal Assistant/Paralegal program at Madison Area Technical College pursue many career paths. The table below ranks the highest-paying careers for Legal Assistant/Paralegal majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$134,350
Legal Support Workers, All Other	$80,735
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.