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Legal Support Services at Pima Community College

If you plan to study Legal Support Services, take a look at what Pima Community College. Get started with the following essential facts.

Pima Community College is in Tucson, AZ.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 24 legal support services degrees were awarded at Pima Community College.

Online Class Availability at Pima Community College

Distance learning is available at Pima Community College. Among 16,283 students, 5,143 (32%) were enrolled entirely in distance education and 3,421 (21%) took at least some classes online.

Legal Support Services Rankings at Pima Community College

Use these rankings to compare Pima Community College’s Legal Support Services program to other colleges that offer this major.

Associate-Level Rankings

Ranking	Scope	Rank
Best Value	Arizona	#1 of 6
Best Schools (Quality)	Arizona	#4 of 6
Best Value	Southwest (Region)	#5 of 30
Best Schools (Quality)	Southwest (Region)	#24 of 30
Best Value	Nationwide	#40 of 236
Best Schools (Quality)	Nationwide	#207 of 234

Earnings for Legal Support Services Graduates from Pima Community College

Graduates of Pima Community College’s Legal Support Services program earn at the following median levels (per the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard):

Years After Graduation	Median Earnings
1 year	$27,283
2 years	$30,554
3 years	$35,867
4 years	$32,238
5 years	$46,022

How does this compare to the school overall? Four years out, Legal Support Services graduates from Pima Community College take home a median $32,238, compared with $41,675 for all Pima Community College graduates — about 23% lower than the school-wide median.

Student Demographics & Diversity

Below you’ll find the diversity of Legal Support Services graduates at Pima Community College, by degree type.

Program-wide, Legal Support Services graduates at Pima Community College are 83% women (20) and 17% men (4).

Legal Support Services Associate’s Program at Pima Community College

Among the 14 associate’s legal support services graduates at Pima Community College, 100% were women (14) and 0% were men (0).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Legal Support Services associate’s degree recipients at Pima Community College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	7
Hispanic / Latino	6
Black / African American	1

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of Legal Support Services associate’s degree recipients at Pima Community College, higher than the national average of 48%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

More Specific Legal Support Services Concentrations at Pima Community College

This Legal Support Services program at Pima Community College breaks down into more specific concentrations:

Concentration	Graduates
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	24

Top-Paying Careers for Legal Support Services Graduates

Graduates of the Legal Support Services program at Pima Community College work across a variety of fields. The table below ranks the top-paying careers for Legal Support Services majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$134,350
Legal Support Workers, All Other	$80,735
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners	$76,955
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$67,272
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$55,524
Interpreters and Translators	$52,627

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.