Legal Support Services 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 Support Services section at the bottom of this page.
Southwest Legal Support Services Degrees Available
- Associate’s Degree in Legal Support
Southwest Legal Support Services Rankings
Legal Support Student Demographics at Southwest
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal support majors at Southwest Tennessee Community College.
Southwest Legal Support Services Associate’s Program
Southwest does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in legal support graduates 5% 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 support.
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 Support Services
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 Southwest Tennessee Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.
Concentration | Annual Degrees Awarded |
---|---|
Legal Assistant/Paralegal | 11 |
Related Majors
Careers That Legal Support Grads May Go Into
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 TN, the home state for Southwest Tennessee Community College.
Occupation | Jobs in TN | Average Salary in TN |
---|---|---|
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 |
Court Reporters | 220 | $52,150 |
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.