Legal Assistant/Paralegal at NorthWest Arkansas Community College

If you plan to study legal assistant/paralegal, 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 has a total student population of 7,411.

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.

NWACC Legal Assistant/Paralegal Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Paralegal

NWACC Legal Assistant/Paralegal Rankings

Paralegal Student Demographics at NWACC

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

NWACC Legal Assistant/Paralegal Associate’s Program

71% Women

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of paralegal associate's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in paralegal only graduates about 16% men each year. The program at NWACC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 12% more women than average.

NWACC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in paralegal 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 paralegal.

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

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 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
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	410	$37,060
Legal Support Workers	180	$46,450

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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