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Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Purdue University Global

Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Purdue University Global

If you plan to study legal assistant/paralegal, take a look at what Purdue University Global has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Purdue University Global is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and has a total student population of 43,927.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Legal Assistant/Paralegal section at the bottom of this page.

  • Master’s Degree in Paralegal

Online Classes Are Available at Purdue University Global

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Purdue University Global offers distance education options for paralegal at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

Paralegal Student Demographics at Purdue University Global

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the paralegal majors at Purdue University Global.

82% Women
53% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 18% of paralegal master's degrees went to men and 82% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 16% men graduate in paralegal each year. Purdue University Global does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% more men than average.

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In the paralegal master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 53% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Purdue University Global with a master's in paralegal.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 19
Hispanic or Latino 12
White 30
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

Careers That Paralegal Grads May Go Into

A degree in paralegal can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IN, the home state for Purdue University Global.

Occupation Jobs in IN Average Salary in IN
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 3,970 $49,090
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 1,160 $40,020
Legal Support Workers 670 $54,000

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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