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Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Southwestern Community College

Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Southwestern Community College

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

Southwestern Community College is located in Sylva, North Carolina and approximately 2,259 students attend the school each year.

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.

  • Basic Certificate in Paralegal (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Associate’s Degree in Paralegal

Paralegal Student Demographics at Southwestern Community College

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

100% Women
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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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in paralegal at Southwestern Community College are white. Around 100% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 3
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 NC, the home state for Southwestern Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 10,160 $47,210
Legal Support Workers 750 $65,160
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 590 $48,880

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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