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Legal Professions at Mount Wachusett Community College

Legal Professions at Mount Wachusett Community College

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

MWCC is located in Gardner, Massachusetts and approximately 3,187 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 Mount Wachusett Community College.

83% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 17% of legal professions associate's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in legal professions at MWCC are white. Around 67% 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 Mount Wachusett Community College with a associate's in legal professions.

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

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 Mount Wachusett Community College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Support Services 11

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 MA, the home state for Mount Wachusett Community College.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Lawyers 18,420 $165,610
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 7,330 $60,320
Legal Secretaries 3,920 $59,020
Law Professors 610 $137,150
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 590 $63,330

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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