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Legal Professions at Montgomery College

Legal Professions at Montgomery College

What traits are you looking for in a legal professions school? To help you decide if Montgomery College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's legal professions program.

Montgomery College is located in Rockville, Maryland and approximately 20,037 students attend the school each year.

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

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

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal professions majors at Montgomery College.

93% Women
53% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 7% of legal professions associate's degrees went to men and 93% went to women.

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Montgomery College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in legal professions graduates 20% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 5
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

If you plan to be a legal professions major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Montgomery College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Support Services 21

A degree in legal professions can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MD, the home state for Montgomery College.

Occupation Jobs in MD Average Salary in MD
Lawyers 12,490 $128,340
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 7,060 $55,950
Legal Secretaries 2,360 $52,950
Legal Support Workers 1,940 $78,850
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 960 $41,100

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*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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