Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Santa Ana College

If you are interested in studying legal assistant/paralegal, you may want to check out the program at Santa Ana College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SAC is located in Santa Ana, California and approximately 20,118 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.

SAC Legal Assistant/Paralegal Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in Paralegal (Less Than 1 Year)
Undergrad Certificate in Paralegal (1 - 4 Years)
Associate’s Degree in Paralegal

SAC Legal Assistant/Paralegal Rankings

Paralegal Student Demographics at SAC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the paralegal majors at Santa Ana College.

SAC Legal Assistant/Paralegal Associate’s Program

76% Women

86% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of paralegal associate's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in paralegal only graduates about 16% men each year. The program at SAC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 8% more women than average.

SAC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in paralegal graduates 41% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 CA, the home state for Santa Ana College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	33,390	$61,240
Legal Support Workers	7,050	$56,420
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	3,560	$58,180

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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