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Legal Support Services at Suffolk County Community College

Legal Support Services at Suffolk County Community College

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

Suffolk County Community College is located in Selden, New York and approximately 22,570 students attend the school each year.

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.

  • Undergrad Certificate in Legal Support (1 - 4 Years)
  • Associate’s Degree in Legal Support

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal support majors at Suffolk County Community College.

93% Women
73% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 7% of legal support associate's degrees went to men and 93% went to women.

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Suffolk County Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in legal support graduates 29% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 4
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Legal Support Services majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Suffolk County Community College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Assistant/Paralegal 15

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 NY, the home state for Suffolk County Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 25,500 $58,750
Legal Secretaries 15,440 $55,920
Legal Support Workers 2,440 $62,760
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 2,140 $60,500
Court Reporters 1,430 $90,040

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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