Legal Professions at Southwest Tennessee Community College
Southwest is located in Memphis, Tennessee and has a total student population of 7,371.
Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Legal Professions section at the bottom of this page.
Southwest Legal Professions Degrees Available
- Associate’s Degree in Legal Professions
Southwest Legal Professions Rankings
Legal Professions Student Demographics at Southwest
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal professions majors at Southwest Tennessee Community College.
Southwest Legal Professions Associate’s Program
Southwest does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in legal professions graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*
The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southwest Tennessee Community College with a associate's in legal professions.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 2 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
White | 2 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Concentrations Within Legal Professions
Legal Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Southwest Tennessee Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.
Concentration | Annual Degrees Awarded |
---|---|
Legal Support Services | 11 |
Related Majors
Careers That Legal Professions Grads May Go Into
A degree in legal professions can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TN, the home state for Southwest Tennessee Community College.
Occupation | Jobs in TN | Average Salary in TN |
---|---|---|
Lawyers | 7,600 | $124,470 |
Paralegals and Legal Assistants | 4,100 | $49,050 |
Legal Secretaries | 3,010 | $43,480 |
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers | 1,150 | $45,830 |
Legal Support Workers | 500 | $62,330 |
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.