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Legal Support Services at Raritan Valley Community College

Legal Support Services at Raritan Valley Community College

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

RVCC is located in Branchburg, New Jersey and has a total student population of 7,080.

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.

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

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

60% Women
60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 40% of legal support associate's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in legal support only graduates about 16% men each year. The program at RVCC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 24% 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 support graduates 15% 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 support.

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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

If you plan to be a legal support major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Raritan Valley Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Assistant/Paralegal 3

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 NJ, the home state for Raritan Valley Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NJ Average Salary in NJ
Legal Secretaries 9,020 $50,660
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 8,120 $58,260
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 1,710 $56,870
Legal Support Workers 720 $71,920
Court Reporters 140 $66,930

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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