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Legal Professions at Trident Technical College

Legal Professions at Trident Technical College

If you are interested in studying legal professions, you may want to check out the program at Trident Technical College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Trident Technical College is located in Charleston, South Carolina and approximately 11,650 students attend the school each year.

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.

  • Basic Certificate in Legal Professions (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Associate’s Degree in Legal Professions

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

93% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 7% of legal professions associate's degrees went to men and 93% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in legal professions at Trident Technical College are white. Around 79% 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 Trident Technical College with a associate's in legal professions.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 22
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Legal Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Trident Technical College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Support Services 24

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 Trident Technical College.

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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