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Legal Assistant/Paralegal at South Suburban College

Legal Assistant/Paralegal at South Suburban College

If you plan to study legal assistant/paralegal, take a look at what South Suburban College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SSC is located in South Holland, Illinois and has a total student population of 3,366.

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.

  • Undergrad Certificate in Paralegal (1 - 4 Years)
  • Associate’s Degree in Paralegal

Paralegal Student Demographics at SSC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the paralegal majors at South Suburban College.

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

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SSC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in paralegal graduates 55% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

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 IL, the home state for South Suburban College.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 13,540 $57,180
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 1,070 $47,670
Legal Support Workers 810 $61,910

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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