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Legal Professions at Technical College of the Lowcountry

Legal Professions at Technical College of the Lowcountry

What traits are you looking for in a legal professions school? To help you decide if Technical College of the Lowcountry is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's legal professions program.

TCL is located in Beaufort, South Carolina and has a total student population of 2,119.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Legal Professions section at the bottom of this page.

  • Associate’s Degree in Legal Professions

Online Classes Are Available at TCL

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? TCL offers distance education options for legal professions at the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal professions majors at Technical College of the Lowcountry.

67% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of legal professions associate's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in legal professions at TCL 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 Technical College of the Lowcountry with a associate's in legal professions.

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

If you plan to be a legal professions 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 Technical College of the Lowcountry. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Support Services 6

A degree in legal professions can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for SC, the home state for Technical College of the Lowcountry.

Occupation Jobs in SC Average Salary in SC
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 6,060 $45,480
Lawyers 5,870 $105,320
Legal Secretaries 2,370 $39,670
Judges, and Magistrates 690 $68,080
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 450 $50,290

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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