Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Valencia College

If you plan to study legal assistant/paralegal, take a look at what Valencia College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Valencia College is located in Orlando, Florida and has a total student population of 45,949.

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

Valencia College Legal Assistant/Paralegal Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Paralegal

Valencia College Legal Assistant/Paralegal Rankings

Paralegal Student Demographics at Valencia College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the paralegal majors at Valencia College.

Valencia College Legal Assistant/Paralegal Associate’s Program

75% Women

60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of paralegal associate's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in paralegal only graduates about 16% men each year. The program at Valencia College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 9% more women than average.

Valencia College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in paralegal 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 Valencia College with a associate's in paralegal.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Careers That Paralegal Grads May Go Into

A degree in paralegal can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for FL, the home state for Valencia College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	30,230	$50,120
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	4,800	$50,350
Legal Support Workers	1,750	$65,520

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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