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Legal Professions at Massachusetts Bay Community College

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Legal Professions at Massachusetts Bay Community College

If you plan to study legal professions, take a look at what Massachusetts Bay Community College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

MassBay Community College is located in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts and approximately 3,762 students attend the school each year.

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

  • Basic Certificate in Legal Professions (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Associate’s Degree in Legal Professions

Online Classes Are Available at MassBay Community College

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, MassBay Community College does offer online courses in legal professions for the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree

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Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal professions majors at Massachusetts Bay Community College.

50% Women
75% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 50% of legal professions associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in legal professions only graduates about 39% men each year. The program at MassBay Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 11% more women than average.

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MassBay Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in legal professions graduates 42% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Massachusetts Bay Community College with a associate's in legal professions.

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

If you plan to be a legal professions major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Massachusetts Bay Community College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Support Services 4

A degree in legal professions can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Massachusetts Bay Community College.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Lawyers 18,420 $165,610
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 7,330 $60,320
Legal Secretaries 3,920 $59,020
Law Professors 610 $137,150
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 590 $63,330

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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