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Undergraduate Certificate in Legal Support Services

Undergraduate Certificates in Legal Support Services

2,468 Yearly Graduations
$40,429 Median Salary
$20,129 Median Debt
This degree is more popular with female students, and about 47% of recent graduates were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 0.7% of legal support graduates were international students.

During the most recent year for which data is available, 2,468 people earned their undergraduate certificate in legal support. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in legal support at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Associate Degree 4,771
Undergraduate Certificate 2,468
Basic Certificate 1,855
Bachelor’s Degree 952
Graduate Certificate 356
Master’s Degree 105

The median salary for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in legal support is $40,429. A lot of factors can contribute to this number, such as the location of your workplace and the availability of other perks and bonuses. A better approximation of salary is to look at the typical range of salaries. In this case the low is $36,398 and the high is $43,871.

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Student Debt

The median student debt for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in legal support is $20,129. The length of time it takes you to graduate and what college you attend can affect this number quite a bit. The chart below shows the range of accumulated debt loads. On the high side of the range, $27,016 is the debt load, and the debt load on the low side is $13,241.

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Those students who are paying back their debt on a 10-year repayment plan have a median monthly payment of $240.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their undergraduate certificate in legal support. About 83.0% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 419
Women 2,049
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The racial-ethnic distribution of legal support undergraduate certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 84
Black or African American 368
Hispanic or Latino 594
White 1,228
International Students 17
Other Races/Ethnicities 177
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Below are some popular majors that are similar to legal support that offer undergraduate certificates.

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
Non-Professional Legal Studies 100
Other Legal Professions 4

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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