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Legal Professions at Rio Salado College

Legal Professions at Rio Salado College

If you plan to study legal professions, take a look at what Rio Salado College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Rio Salado College is located in Tempe, Arizona and has a total student population of 17,362.

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 Rio Salado College

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? Rio Salado College offers distance education options for legal professions at the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal professions majors at Rio Salado College.

75% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 25% of legal professions associate's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in legal professions at Rio Salado College are white. Around 57% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. Rio Salado College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in legal professions graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 16
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Legal Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Rio Salado College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Support Services 21

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 AZ, the home state for Rio Salado College.

Occupation Jobs in AZ Average Salary in AZ
Lawyers 9,370 $145,750
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 7,280 $48,370
Legal Secretaries 2,620 $47,320
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 840 $53,850
Judges, and Magistrates 790 $108,080

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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