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Legal Support Services at Suffolk County Community College

If you plan to study Legal Support Services, you may want to check out the program at Suffolk County Community College. Get started with the following essential facts.

Suffolk County Community College is in Selden, NY.

In the most recent year for which we have data, 18 legal support services graduations were recorded at Suffolk County Community College.

Online & Distance Learning at Suffolk County Community College

Distance learning is available at Suffolk County Community College. Of 19,973 students, 1,949 (10%) were enrolled entirely in distance education and 5,908 (30%) took at least some classes online.

Legal Support Services Rankings at Suffolk County Community College

These rankings give you a sense of how Suffolk County Community College’s Legal Support Services program against other schools offering the same major.

Associate-Level Rankings

Ranking	Scope	Rank
Best Value	Middle Atlantic (Region)	#1 of 32
Best Value	New York	#2 of 11
Best Schools (Quality)	New York	#3 of 11
Best Schools (Quality)	Middle Atlantic (Region)	#8 of 32
Best Value	Nationwide	#26 of 236
Best Schools (Quality)	Nationwide	#40 of 234

Earnings for Legal Support Services Graduates from Suffolk County Community College

Students who complete Suffolk County Community College’s Legal Support Services program earn at the following median levels (per the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard):

Years After Graduation	Median Earnings
1 year	$28,221
2 years	$34,231
3 years	$41,064
4 years	$49,098
5 years	$52,750

How do these earnings stack up against the rest of the school? At the four-year mark, Legal Support Services graduates from Suffolk County Community College take home a median $49,098, compared with $45,839 for all Suffolk County Community College graduates — about 7% higher than the school-wide median.

Median Debt at Graduation

Median student loan debt for Legal Support Services graduates from Suffolk County Community College stands at $19,500.

Student Demographics & Diversity

Take a look at the student demographics for Legal Support Services graduates at Suffolk County Community College, by degree type.

Looking at the program as a whole, Legal Support Services graduates at Suffolk County Community College are 61% women (11) and 39% men (7).

Legal Support Services Associate’s Program at Suffolk County Community College

Among the 10 associate’s legal support services graduates at Suffolk County Community College, 60% were women (6) and 40% were men (4).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Legal Support Services associate’s degree recipients at Suffolk County Community College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	4
Hispanic / Latino	4
Black / African American	2

Minority students account for 60% of Legal Support Services associate’s degree recipients at Suffolk County Community College, above the national average of 48%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

More Specific Legal Support Services Concentrations at Suffolk County Community College

This Legal Support Services program at Suffolk County Community College breaks down into more specific concentrations:

Concentration	Graduates
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	18

Best-Paid Careers for Legal Support Services Graduates

Graduates of the Legal Support Services program at Suffolk County Community College go on to a range of careers. Below are the top-paying careers for Legal Support Services graduates, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$134,350
Legal Support Workers, All Other	$80,735
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners	$76,955
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$67,272
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$55,524
Interpreters and Translators	$52,627

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.