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Legal Support Services at Santa Fe Community College

Legal Support Services at Santa Fe Community College

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

SFCC is located in Santa Fe, New Mexico and has a total student population of 3,459.

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

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

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal support majors at Santa Fe Community College.

100% Women
80% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of legal support associate's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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SFCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in legal support graduates 35% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

If you plan to be a legal support 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 Santa Fe Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Assistant/Paralegal 9

A degree in legal support can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NM, the home state for Santa Fe Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NM Average Salary in NM
Legal Secretaries 1,820 $37,640
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 1,310 $48,050
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 470 $49,800
Legal Support Workers 140 $49,310
Court Reporters 90 $62,480

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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