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Legal Support Services at San Jacinto Community College

If you plan to study Legal Support Services, consider the program at San Jacinto Community College. Get started with the following essential facts.

San Jacinto Community College is located in Pasadena, TX.

In the most recent year for which we have data, 37 legal support services degrees were granted at San Jacinto Community College.

Online & Distance Learning at San Jacinto Community College

Online coursework is an option at San Jacinto Community College. Of 31,812 students, 9,455 (30%) were enrolled entirely in distance education and 10,097 (32%) took at least some classes online.

Legal Support Services Rankings at San Jacinto Community College

Rankings can help you compare San Jacinto Community College’s Legal Support Services program to other colleges that offer this major.

Associate-Level Rankings

Ranking	Scope	Rank
Best Schools (Quality)	Texas	#10 of 22
Best Schools (Quality)	Southwest (Region)	#11 of 30
Best Value	Texas	#13 of 22
Best Value	Southwest (Region)	#16 of 30
Best Value	Nationwide	#106 of 236
Best Schools (Quality)	Nationwide	#135 of 234

Earnings for Legal Support Services Graduates from San Jacinto Community College

Those who finish San Jacinto Community 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
1 year	$31,486
2 years	$33,459
3 years	$38,441
4 years	$38,981
5 years	$40,898

How does this compare to the school overall? Four years after graduating, Legal Support Services graduates from San Jacinto Community College earn a median of $38,981, compared with $48,100 for all San Jacinto Community College graduates — about 19% lower than the school-wide median.

Student Demographics & Diversity

Below you’ll find the composition of Legal Support Services graduates at San Jacinto Community College, broken down by degree level.

Program-wide, Legal Support Services graduates at San Jacinto Community College are 92% women (34) and 8% men (3).

Legal Support Services Associate’s Program at San Jacinto Community College

Among the 37 associate’s legal support services degrees awarded at San Jacinto Community College, 92% were women (34) and 8% were men (3).

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

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	7
Hispanic / Latino	25
Black / African American	3
Asian	1
Two or More Races	1

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 81% of Legal Support Services associate’s degree recipients at San Jacinto Community College, above 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 San Jacinto Community College

The Legal Support Services program at San Jacinto Community College includes the following sub-specializations:

Concentration	Graduates
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	37

Best-Paid Careers for Legal Support Services Graduates

Those who complete Legal Support Services program at San Jacinto Community College pursue many career paths. Below are the top-paying careers for Legal Support Services majors, 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.