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Legal Support Services at Santa Monica College

What traits are you looking for in a school for Legal Support Services, consider the program at Santa Monica College. We’ve gathered the following information to help you decide.

Santa Monica College sits in Santa Monica, CA.

In the most recent year for which we have data, 5 legal support services degrees were granted at Santa Monica College.

Studying Online at Santa Monica College

Distance learning is available at Santa Monica College. Among 23,453 students, 8,360 (36%) were enrolled entirely in distance education and 9,306 (40%) took at least some classes online.

Student Demographics & Diversity

Below you’ll find the diversity of Legal Support Services graduates at Santa Monica College, by degree type.

Across all degree levels, Legal Support Services graduates at Santa Monica College are 40% women (2) and 60% men (3).

Legal Support Services Associate’s Program at Santa Monica College

Of the 2 associate’s legal support services graduates at Santa Monica College, 50% were women (1) and 50% were men (1).

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

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
Hispanic / Latino	2

Minority students account for 100% of Legal Support Services associate’s degree recipients at Santa Monica 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 Santa Monica College

The Legal Support Services program at Santa Monica College offers more specialized concentrations:

Concentration	Graduates
Legal Administrative Assistant	5

Top-Paying Careers for Legal Support Services Graduates

Those who complete Legal Support Services program at Santa Monica College work across a variety of fields. Here are the highest-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.