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Legal Professions at SUNY Schenectady County Community College

Legal Professions at SUNY Schenectady County Community College

If you plan to study legal professions, take a look at what SUNY Schenectady County Community College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SUNY Schenectady is located in Schenectady, New York and has a total student population of 4,015.

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 SUNY Schenectady County Community College.

82% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 18% of legal professions associate's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in legal professions at SUNY Schenectady are white. Around 64% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. SUNY Schenectady does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in legal professions graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 7
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 SUNY Schenectady County Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Support Services 15

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 NY, the home state for SUNY Schenectady County Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Lawyers 76,840 $167,110
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 25,500 $58,750
Legal Secretaries 15,440 $55,920
Law Professors 3,440 $137,990
Judges, and Magistrates 3,170 $158,970

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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