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Legal Support Services at Mercer County Community College

Legal Support Services at Mercer County Community College

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

Mercer County Community College is located in West Windsor, New Jersey and has a total student population of 6,342.

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

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal support majors at Mercer County Community College.

75% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 25% of legal support associate's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

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Mercer County Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in legal support graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

Legal Support Services majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Mercer County Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Assistant/Paralegal 8

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 NJ, the home state for Mercer County Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NJ Average Salary in NJ
Legal Secretaries 9,020 $50,660
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 8,120 $58,260
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 1,710 $56,870
Legal Support Workers 720 $71,920
Court Reporters 140 $66,930

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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