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Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Mt. San Antonio College

Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Mt. San Antonio College

If you are interested in studying legal assistant/paralegal, you may want to check out the program at Mt. San Antonio College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Mt. SAC is located in Walnut, California and has a total student population of 28,393.

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.

  • Associate’s Degree in Paralegal

Paralegal Student Demographics at Mt. SAC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the paralegal majors at Mt. San Antonio College.

70% Women
90% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 30% of paralegal associate's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in paralegal only graduates about 16% men each year. The program at Mt. SAC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 14% more women than average.

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Mt. SAC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in paralegal graduates 45% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 7
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 25
White 4
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 CA, the home state for Mt. San Antonio College.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 33,390 $61,240
Legal Support Workers 7,050 $56,420
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 3,560 $58,180

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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