Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Southwestern Illinois College

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

SWIC is located in Belleville, Illinois and approximately 6,906 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.

SWIC Legal Assistant/Paralegal Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Paralegal

SWIC Legal Assistant/Paralegal Rankings

Paralegal Student Demographics at SWIC

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

SWIC Legal Assistant/Paralegal Associate’s Program

58% Women

25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of paralegal associate's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in paralegal only graduates about 16% men each year. The program at SWIC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 25% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in paralegal at SWIC are white. Around 67% 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 Illinois College with a associate's in paralegal.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 IL, the home state for Southwestern Illinois College.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	13,540	$57,180
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	1,070	$47,670
Legal Support Workers	810	$61,910

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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