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Legal Support Services at Widener University

Legal Support Services at Widener University

What traits are you looking for in a legal support school? To help you decide if Widener University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's legal support program.

Widener is located in Chester, Pennsylvania and approximately 6,150 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.

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

The legal support major at Widener 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.

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

100% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of legal support bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its legal support bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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

The following legal support concentations are available at Widener University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Widener University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Legal Assistant/Paralegal 8

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 PA, the home state for Widener University.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 12,440 $52,780
Legal Secretaries 7,420 $50,980
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 2,050 $46,170
Court Reporters 900 $52,330
Legal Support Workers 870 $78,140

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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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