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Legal Support Services at Massachusetts Bay Community College

If you are interested in studying legal support services, you may want to check out the program at Massachusetts Bay Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

MassBay Community College is located in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 3,762.

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

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

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? MassBay Community College offers distance education options for legal support at 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 support majors at Massachusetts Bay Community College.

50% Women
75% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 50% of legal support associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in legal support only graduates about 15% men each year. The program at MassBay Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 35% 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 support graduates 33% 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 support.

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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

A degree in legal support 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
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 7,330 $60,320
Legal Secretaries 3,920 $59,020
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 590 $63,330
Legal Support Workers 300 $80,420
Court Reporters 260 $79,720

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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