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Legal Support Services at South Texas College

What traits are you looking for in a school for Legal Support Services, you may want to check out the program at South Texas College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

South Texas College is located in McAllen, TX.

During the most recent reporting year, 17 legal support services degrees were granted at South Texas College.

Studying Online at South Texas College

Online coursework is an option at South Texas College. Among 27,431 students, 6,291 (23%) were enrolled entirely in distance education and 5,286 (19%) took at least some classes online.

Earnings for Legal Support Services Graduates from South Texas College

Those who finish South Texas College’s Legal Support Services program earn the following amounts (per the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard):

Years After Graduation	Median Earnings
2 years	$24,035
3 years	$14,086
4 years	$30,248
5 years	$32,808

How do these earnings stack up against the rest of the school? Four years out, Legal Support Services graduates from South Texas College take home a median $30,248, compared with $33,336 for all South Texas College graduates — about 9% lower than the school-wide median.

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the diversity of Legal Support Services graduates at South Texas College, by degree type.

Program-wide, Legal Support Services graduates at South Texas College are 88% women (15) and 12% men (2).

Legal Support Services Associate’s Program at South Texas College

Of the 16 associate’s legal support services degrees awarded at South Texas College, 94% were women (15) and 6% were men (1).

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

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
Hispanic / Latino	16

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

The Legal Support Services program at South Texas College includes the following sub-specializations:

Concentration	Graduates
Legal Administrative Assistant	1
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	16

Top-Paying Careers for Legal Support Services Graduates

Graduates of the Legal Support Services program at South Texas College go on to a range of careers. The table below ranks the highest-paying careers for Legal Support Services graduates, 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.