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Legal Support Services at South Coast College

Legal Support Services at South Coast College

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

South Coast College is located in Orange, California and approximately 254 students attend the school each year.

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.

  • 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 South Coast College.

78% Women
67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 22% of legal support associate's degrees went to men and 78% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in legal support only graduates about 16% men each year. The program at South Coast College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 6% more women than average.

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South Coast College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in legal support graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 3
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 South Coast College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Assistant/Paralegal 2

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 CA, the home state for South Coast College.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 33,390 $61,240
Legal Secretaries 26,220 $56,570
Legal Support Workers 7,050 $56,420
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 3,560 $58,180
Court Reporters 1,640 $87,750

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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