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Legal Professions at Salt Lake Community College

Legal Professions at Salt Lake Community College

If you are interested in studying legal professions, you may want to check out the program at Salt Lake Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Salt Lake Community College is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and approximately 27,293 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.

  • Associate’s Degree in Legal Professions

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

84% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 16% of legal professions associate's degrees went to men and 84% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in legal professions at Salt Lake Community College are white. Around 56% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. Salt Lake Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in legal professions graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 10
White 14
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

If you plan to be a legal professions 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 Salt Lake Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Support Services 18

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 UT, the home state for Salt Lake Community College.

Occupation Jobs in UT Average Salary in UT
Lawyers 4,970 $112,380
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 2,760 $49,140
Legal Secretaries 1,200 $42,240
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 1,000 $46,670
Judicial Law Clerks 480 $38,820

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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