Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Roger Williams University

If you plan to study legal assistant/paralegal, take a look at what Roger Williams University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

RWU is located in Bristol, Rhode Island and approximately 4,702 students attend the school each year.

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

RWU Legal Assistant/Paralegal Degrees Available

• Undergrad Certificate in Paralegal (1 - 4 Years)
• Associate’s Degree in Paralegal
• Bachelor’s Degree in Paralegal

Online Classes Are Available at RWU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, RWU does offer online courses in paralegal for the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree

RWU Legal Assistant/Paralegal Rankings

The paralegal major at RWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Legal Assistant/Paralegal. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Paralegal Student Demographics at RWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the paralegal majors at Roger Williams University.

RWU Legal Assistant/Paralegal Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of paralegal associate's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in paralegal only graduates about 16% men each year. The program at RWU may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 27% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Roger Williams University with a associate's in paralegal.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

RWU Legal Assistant/Paralegal Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of paralegal bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical paralegal bachelor's degree program is made up of only 16% men. So male students are more repesented at RWU since its program graduates 27% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% more racial-ethnic minorities in its paralegal bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Roger Williams University with a bachelor's in paralegal.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

Careers That Paralegal Grads May Go Into

A degree in paralegal can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for RI, the home state for Roger Williams University.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	1,100	$50,650
Legal Support Workers	120	$72,060

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Notyourbroom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.