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Legal Assistant/Paralegal at SUNY Schenectady County Community College

Legal Assistant/Paralegal at SUNY Schenectady County Community College

If you plan to study legal assistant/paralegal, 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 Assistant/Paralegal section at the bottom of this page.

  • Associate’s Degree in Paralegal

Paralegal Student Demographics at SUNY Schenectady

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the paralegal majors at SUNY Schenectady County Community College.

82% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 18% of paralegal associate's degrees went to men and 82% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in paralegal only graduates about 16% men each year. The program at SUNY Schenectady may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 2% more women than average.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in paralegal at SUNY Schenectady are white. Around 64% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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 paralegal.

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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

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

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 25,500 $58,750
Legal Support Workers 2,440 $62,760
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 2,140 $60,500

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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