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Legal Professions at Raritan Valley Community College

Legal Professions at Raritan Valley Community College

Every legal professions school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the legal professions program at Raritan Valley Community College stacks up to those at other schools.

RVCC is located in Branchburg, New Jersey and approximately 7,080 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Legal Professions section at the bottom of this page.

  • Undergrad Certificate in Legal Professions (1 - 4 Years)
  • Associate’s Degree in Legal Professions

Online Classes Are Available at RVCC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? RVCC offers distance education options for legal professions at the following degree levels:

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal professions majors at Raritan Valley Community College.

60% Women
60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 40% of legal professions associate's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in legal professions only graduates about 38% men each year. The program at RVCC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 2% more women than average.

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RVCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in legal professions graduates 27% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 2
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

The following legal professions concentations are available at Raritan Valley Community College. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Raritan Valley Community College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Support Services 3

A degree in legal professions can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NJ, the home state for Raritan Valley Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NJ Average Salary in NJ
Lawyers 21,070 $139,020
Legal Secretaries 9,020 $50,660
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 8,120 $58,260
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 1,710 $56,870
Judges, and Magistrates 1,020 $126,760

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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