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Legal Support Services at Mississippi University for Women

Legal Support Services at Mississippi University for Women

Every legal support services school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the legal support program at Mississippi University for Women stacks up to those at other schools.

MUW is located in Columbus, Mississippi and approximately 2,704 students attend the school each year.

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.

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Legal Support

The legal support major at MUW is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Legal Support Services. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal support majors at Mississippi University for Women.

78% Women
44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 22% of legal support bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women. The typical legal support bachelor's degree program is made up of only 16% men. So male students are more repesented at MUW since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

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About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in legal support at MUW are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mississippi University for Women with a bachelor's in legal support.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 5
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Legal Support Services majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Mississippi University for Women. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Assistant/Paralegal 14

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 MS, the home state for Mississippi University for Women.

Occupation Jobs in MS Average Salary in MS
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 1,820 $44,300
Legal Secretaries 770 $40,080
Legal Support Workers 90 $54,620
Court Reporters 40 $45,210

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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