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Legal Support Services at Tarrant County College District

Legal Support Services at Tarrant County College District

If you are interested in studying legal support services, you may want to check out the program at Tarrant County College District. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Tarrant County College is located in Fort Worth, Texas and has a total student population of 43,000.

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 Tarrant County College District.

80% Women
60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 20% of legal support associate's degrees went to men and 80% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in legal support only graduates about 16% men each year. The program at Tarrant County College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 4% more women than average.

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Tarrant County College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in legal support graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 10
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 Tarrant County College District. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Assistant/Paralegal 37

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 TX, the home state for Tarrant County College District.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 24,290 $56,270
Legal Secretaries 12,990 $46,430
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 6,250 $57,940
Legal Support Workers 2,140 $63,140

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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