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Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Mount Wachusett Community College

Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Mount Wachusett Community College

If you plan to study legal assistant/paralegal, 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 has a total student population of 3,187.

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

Paralegal Student Demographics at MWCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the paralegal majors at Mount Wachusett Community College.

83% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 17% of paralegal 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 paralegal 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 paralegal.

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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

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 MA, the home state for Mount Wachusett Community College.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 7,330 $60,320
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 590 $63,330
Legal Support Workers 300 $80,420

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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