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Legal Support Services at Midlands Technical College

If you are interested in studying Legal Support Services, you may want to check out the program at Midlands Technical College. Get started with the following essential facts.

Midlands Technical College sits in West Columbia, SC.

In the most recent year for which we have data, 30 legal support services degrees were awarded at Midlands Technical College.

Online & Distance Learning at Midlands Technical College

Many students take online classes at Midlands Technical College. Of 9,226 students, 2,891 (31%) studied exclusively online and 3,489 (38%) took at least some classes online.

Legal Support Services Rankings at Midlands Technical College

Rankings can help you compare Midlands Technical College’s Legal Support Services program against peer institutions.

Associate-Level Rankings

Ranking	Scope	Rank
Best Schools (Quality)	South Carolina	#1 of 4
Best Value	South Carolina	#3 of 4
Best Value	Southeast (Region)	#14 of 58
Best Schools (Quality)	Southeast (Region)	#15 of 57
Best Value	Nationwide	#52 of 236
Best Schools (Quality)	Nationwide	#98 of 234

Earnings for Legal Support Services Graduates from Midlands Technical College

Those who finish Midlands Technical College’s Legal Support Services program earn the following amounts (per the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard):

Years After Graduation	Median Earnings
1 year	$25,899
2 years	$33,572
3 years	$33,292
4 years	$38,998
5 years	$40,079

Is this above or below average for the school? At the four-year mark, Legal Support Services graduates from Midlands Technical College take home a median $38,998, compared with $39,413 for all Midlands Technical College graduates — about 1% lower than the school-wide median.

Median Debt at Graduation

Typical debt at graduation for Legal Support Services graduates from Midlands Technical College comes in at $21,320.

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the diversity of Legal Support Services graduates at Midlands Technical College, by degree type.

Across all degree levels, Legal Support Services graduates at Midlands Technical College are 93% women (28) and 7% men (2).

Legal Support Services Associate’s Program at Midlands Technical College

Among the 19 associate’s legal support services graduates at Midlands Technical College, 95% were women (18) and 5% were men (1).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Legal Support Services associate’s degree recipients at Midlands Technical College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	14
Hispanic / Latino	2
Black / African American	3

Minority students account for 26% of Legal Support Services associate’s degree recipients at Midlands Technical College, lower than the national average of 48%.*

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

More Specific Legal Support Services Concentrations at Midlands Technical College

The Legal Support Services program at Midlands Technical College includes the following sub-specializations:

Concentration	Graduates
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	30

Top-Paying Careers for Legal Support Services Graduates

Those who complete Legal Support Services program at Midlands Technical College work across a variety of fields. Here are the highest-paying careers for Legal Support Services majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$134,350
Legal Support Workers, All Other	$80,735
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners	$76,955
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$67,272
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$55,524
Interpreters and Translators	$52,627

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.