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Legal Support Services at University of Arkansas - Fort Smith

If you plan to study legal support services, take a look at what University of Arkansas - Fort Smith has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UAFS is located in Fort Smith, Arkansas and has a total student population of 5,887.

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.

  • Associate’s Degree in Legal Support

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal support majors at University of Arkansas - Fort Smith.

75% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 25% of legal support associate's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

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UAFS does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in legal support graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Arkansas - Fort Smith with a associate's in legal support.

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

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 AR, the home state for University of Arkansas - Fort Smith.

Occupation Jobs in AR Average Salary in AR
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 1,890 $42,050
Legal Secretaries 1,050 $36,930
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 410 $37,060
Legal Support Workers 180 $46,450
Court Reporters 180 $45,660

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*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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