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Legal Support Services at Nassau Community College

Legal Support Services at Nassau Community College

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

Nassau Community College is located in Garden City, New York and approximately 13,864 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.

  • Undergrad Certificate in Legal Support (1 - 4 Years)
  • Associate’s Degree in Legal Support

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal support majors at Nassau Community College.

76% Women
76% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 24% of legal support associate's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in legal support only graduates about 16% men each year. The program at Nassau Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 8% more women than average.

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Nassau Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in legal support graduates 31% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 5
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Legal Support Services majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Nassau Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Assistant/Paralegal 35
Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary 1

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 NY, the home state for Nassau Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 25,500 $58,750
Legal Secretaries 15,440 $55,920
Legal Support Workers 2,440 $62,760
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 2,140 $60,500
Court Reporters 1,430 $90,040

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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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