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Legal Support Services at Rio Salado College

If you are interested in studying Legal Support Services, consider the program at Rio Salado College. We’ve gathered the following information to help you decide.

Rio Salado College sits in Tempe, AZ.

During the most recent reporting year, 40 legal support services degrees were granted at Rio Salado College.

Online & Distance Learning at Rio Salado College

Many students take online classes at Rio Salado College. Among 18,841 students, 8,147 (43%) studied exclusively online and 552 (3%) took at least some classes online.

Earnings for Legal Support Services Graduates from Rio Salado College

Those who finish Rio Salado 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
2 years	$30,047
3 years	$28,264
4 years	$34,959
5 years	$40,496

How does this compare to the school overall? Four years after graduating, Legal Support Services graduates from Rio Salado College report median earnings of $34,959, compared with $48,470 for all Rio Salado College graduates — about 28% lower than the school-wide median.

Student Demographics & Diversity

Take a look at the composition of Legal Support Services graduates at Rio Salado College, by degree type.

Across all degree levels, Legal Support Services graduates at Rio Salado College are 78% women (31) and 22% men (9).

Legal Support Services Associate’s Program at Rio Salado College

Of the 15 associate’s legal support services graduates at Rio Salado College, 80% were women (12) and 20% were men (3).

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

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	9
Hispanic / Latino	3
Black / African American	2
Two or More Races	1

Minority students account for 40% of Legal Support Services associate’s degree recipients at Rio Salado College, lower 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 Rio Salado College

This Legal Support Services program at Rio Salado College breaks down into more specific concentrations:

Concentration	Graduates
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	40

Top-Paying Careers for Legal Support Services Graduates

Graduates of the Legal Support Services program at Rio Salado College pursue many career paths. Below are the best-paid careers for Legal Support Services graduates, 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.