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Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Oakton Community College

Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Oakton Community College

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

Oakton Community College is located in Des Plaines, Illinois and approximately 7,313 students attend the school each year.

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.

  • Basic Certificate in Paralegal (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Associate’s Degree in Paralegal

Paralegal Student Demographics at Oakton Community College

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

100% Women
75% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of paralegal associate's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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Oakton Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in paralegal graduates 30% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

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 IL, the home state for Oakton Community College.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 13,540 $57,180
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 1,070 $47,670
Legal Support Workers 810 $61,910

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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