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Legal Support Services at NorthWest Arkansas Community College

Legal Support Services at NorthWest Arkansas Community College

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

NWACC is located in Bentonville, Arkansas and approximately 7,411 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.

  • Associate’s Degree in Legal Support

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

71% Women
50% 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 NWACC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 12% more women than average.

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NWACC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in legal support graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

The following legal support concentations are available at NorthWest Arkansas Community College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from NorthWest Arkansas Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Assistant/Paralegal 11

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 AR, the home state for NorthWest Arkansas Community College.

Occupation Jobs in AR Average Salary in AR
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 1,890 $42,050
Legal Secretaries 1,050 $36,930
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 410 $37,060
Legal Support Workers 180 $46,450
Court Reporters 180 $45,660

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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