The main focus area for this major is Legal Assistant/Paralegal. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Legal Support Services is a major offered under the legal professions program of study at Broward College. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the associate degree program in legal support, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at BC was $373 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $118 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $1,968 | $1,968 |
Fees | $862 | $6,984 |
Books and Supplies | $3,004 | $3,004 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their associate degree at BC in Legal Support walked away with an average of $12,500 in student debt. That is 43% lower than the national average of $21,915.
The median early career salary of legal support students who receive their associate degree from BC is $35,594 per year. That is 27% higher than the national average of $28,116.
BC does not offer an online option for its legal support associate degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the BC Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their associate degree in legal support in 2019-2020, 83.7% of them were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 85.1%.
Of those graduates who received an associate degree in legal support at BC in 2019-2020, 62.8% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 42%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 15 |
Hispanic or Latino | 10 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
White | 12 |
International Students | 2 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Legal Support Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Legal Assistant/Paralegal | 43 |
*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.