Legal Support Services at Western Kentucky University

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

WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and approximately 17,517 students attend the school each year.

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.

WKU Legal Support Services Degrees Available

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

WKU Legal Support Services Rankings

The legal support major at WKU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Legal Support Services. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Legal Support Student Demographics at WKU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal support majors at Western Kentucky University.

WKU Legal Support Services Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of legal support associate's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Kentucky University with a associate's in legal support.

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

WKU Legal Support Services Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of legal support bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in legal support at WKU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Kentucky University with a bachelor's in legal support.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Legal Support Services

The following legal support concentations are available at Western Kentucky University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Western Kentucky University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	13

Related Majors

Careers That Legal Support Grads May Go Into

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 KY, the home state for Western Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	2,940	$46,130
Legal Secretaries	2,080	$36,440
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	360	$39,760
Legal Support Workers	280	$58,320

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By OPMaster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.