Below are the key facts about the program, including how many students graduate each year, the diversity of these students, average starting salaries, and more. Also, learn how HCC ranks among other schools offering degrees in legal support services.
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HCC offers the legal support services program; completion counts are not currently reported.
Legal Support Services majors who earn their bachelor’s degree from HCC go on to jobs where they make a median salary of $44,694 a year. This is higher than $40,924, the median for all majors at HCC.
While getting their bachelor’s degree at HCC, legal support services students accumulate a median of $14,000 in student loans. This is lower than $18,865, the typical median for all majors at HCC.
Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $2,904 | $3,624 |
| Fees | $1,248 | $1,836 |
Read more about HCC tuition and fees.
For the most recent academic year available, 27% of legal support services associate’s degrees went to men and 73% went to women.
The largest share of legal support services associate’s degree graduates at HCC are Hispanic or Latino. About 41% of graduates fell into this category.
The following table and chart show the ethnic background for students who recently graduated from Houston Community College with a associate’s in legal support services.
| Ethnic Background | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 10 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 15 |
| White | 5 |
| Non-Resident Aliens | 4 |
| Other Races | 2 |
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal support services majors at Houston Community College.
This legal support services program at HCC offers the following related majors:
| Concentration | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Legal Assistant/Paralegal | 76 |
HCC conferred 76 completions in legal assistant/paralegal recently — 75% to women and 25% to men. The most common background among these graduates was Hispanic or Latino (39%).
More about our data sources and methodologies.