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Legal Support Services at North Hennepin Community College

Legal Support Services at North Hennepin Community College

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

North Hennepin Community College is located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota and approximately 5,756 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 North Hennepin Community College.

71% Women
35% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 29% of legal support associate's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in legal support only graduates about 16% men each year. The program at North Hennepin Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 13% more women than average.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in legal support at North Hennepin Community College are white. Around 65% 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 North Hennepin Community College with a associate's in legal support.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 11
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

If you plan to be a legal support major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from North Hennepin Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Assistant/Paralegal 14

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 MN, the home state for North Hennepin Community College.

Occupation Jobs in MN Average Salary in MN
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 4,890 $56,880
Legal Secretaries 3,530 $53,000
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 1,790 $58,170
Court Reporters 290 $66,930

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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