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Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Middlesex Community College

Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Middlesex Community College

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

Middlesex Community College is located in Bedford, Massachusetts and approximately 6,885 students attend the school each year.

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

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

Paralegal Student Demographics at Middlesex Community College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the paralegal majors at Middlesex Community College.

60% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 40% of paralegal associate's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in paralegal only graduates about 16% men each year. The program at Middlesex Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 24% more women than average.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in paralegal at Middlesex Community College are white. Around 60% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Paralegal Grads May Go Into

A degree in paralegal 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 Middlesex Community College.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 7,330 $60,320
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 590 $63,330
Legal Support Workers 300 $80,420

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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