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Legal Support Services at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

What traits are you looking for in a school for Legal Support Services, consider the program at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Southern Illinois University-Carbondale is located in Carbondale, IL.

In the most recent year for which we have data, 8 legal support services degrees were granted at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.

Online & Distance Learning at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Distance learning is available at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. Among 11,790 students, 2,272 (19%) studied exclusively online and 3,360 (28%) took at least some classes online.

Legal Support Services Rankings at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Use these rankings to compare Southern Illinois University-Carbondale’s Legal Support Services program against peer institutions.

Earnings for Legal Support Services Graduates from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Students who complete Southern Illinois University-Carbondale’s Legal Support Services program report the following median earnings (per the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard):

Years After Graduation	Median Earnings
1 year	$30,351
2 years	$28,055
4 years	$39,092
5 years	$48,083

How do these earnings stack up against the rest of the school? Four years after graduating, Legal Support Services graduates from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale take home a median $39,092, compared with $58,303 for all Southern Illinois University-Carbondale graduates — about 33% lower than the school-wide median.

Median Debt at Graduation

The median debt for Legal Support Services graduates from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale stands at $28,000.

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the student demographics for Legal Support Services graduates at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, by degree type.

Looking at the program as a whole, Legal Support Services graduates at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale are 88% women (7) and 12% men (1).

Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Program at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Among the 8 bachelor’s legal support services graduates at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, 88% were women (7) and 12% were men (1).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Legal Support Services bachelor’s degree recipients at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	5
Black / African American	2
Asian	1

Minority students account for 38% of Legal Support Services bachelor’s degree recipients at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, lower than the national average of 41%.*

*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 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

This Legal Support Services program at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale offers more specialized concentrations:

Concentration	Graduates
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	8

Top-Paying Careers for Legal Support Services Graduates

Students who finish Legal Support Services program at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale work across a variety of fields. Below are the top-paying careers for Legal Support Services majors, 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.