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Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Milwaukee Area Technical College

Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Milwaukee Area Technical College

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

MATC is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and approximately 12,618 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

Online Classes Are Available at MATC

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, MATC does offer online courses in paralegal for the following degree levels:

Paralegal Student Demographics at MATC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the paralegal majors at Milwaukee Area Technical College.

100% Women
60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of paralegal associate's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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MATC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in paralegal graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 WI, the home state for Milwaukee Area Technical College.

Occupation Jobs in WI Average Salary in WI
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 4,320 $50,360
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 890 $48,730
Legal Support Workers 490 $52,630

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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