Legal Support Services

9,636 students earn a legal support services credential each year across 518 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $36,900
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $50,061

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Bachelor's programs — 81 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Purdue University GlobalWest Lafayette, Indiana141$41,3751 year out$45,138$49,036 2Liberty UniversityLynchburg, Virginia83$41,9731 year out$47,680$37,652 3Florida Gulf Coast UniversityFort Myers, Florida69$39,8241 year out$55,628$22,777 4CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBrooklyn, New York48$34,6751 year out$51,144$14,563 5University of West FloridaPensacola, Florida45$36,5241 year out$49,289$19,250 6Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan41$40,7781 year out$53,904$21,500 7Stevenson UniversityOwings Mills, Maryland32$46,6611 year out$52,690$27,000 8SUNY College of Technology at CantonCanton, New York31$48,2691 year out$47,364$30,708 9Indiana University-IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana22$44,0701 year out——10Bryan UniversityTempe, Arizona20—1 year out—$38,746 11St Petersburg CollegeSt. Petersburg, Florida20$43,4991 year out$52,101$35,238 12Eastern Kentucky UniversityRichmond, Kentucky20—1 year out$48,433—13University of Houston-Clear LakeHouston, Texas20$42,7231 year out$58,366$20,625 14Illinois State UniversityNormal, Illinois19—1 year out——15University of Southern MississippiHattiesburg, Mississippi17—1 year out——16University of ToledoToledo, Ohio17$35,5541 year out$51,408$27,605 17Clayton State UniversityMorrow, Georgia16$36,4071 year out$53,124$40,792 18Peirce CollegePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania14$46,4061 year out$53,891$47,341 19Wilmington UniversityNew Castle, Delaware13—1 year out——20Roosevelt UniversityChicago, Illinois13—1 year out$66,600—21Minnesota State University MoorheadMoorhead, Minnesota13$43,5851 year out$46,591$27,750 22Regent UniversityVirginia Beach, Virginia12$36,7581 year out—$37,747 23University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio10$45,5491 year out$52,046$25,258 24East Texas A&M UniversityCommerce, Texas10—1 year out—$24,375 25Davenport UniversityGrand Rapids, Michigan9—1 year out$49,800$27,750 26Madonna UniversityLivonia, Michigan9—1 year out——27Mississippi University for WomenColumbus, Mississippi9$28,6271 year out—$26,500 28University of ProvidenceGreat Falls, Montana9—1 year out——29Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleCarbondale, Illinois8$36,1591 year out$48,083$28,000 30Eastern Michigan UniversityYpsilanti, Michigan8$34,0101 year out——31University of RichmondUniversity of Richmond, Virginia8—1 year out——32Herzing University-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin8$33,3151 year out$50,061—33South University-Savannah OnlineSavannah, Georgia8$36,9001 year out$46,159$48,729 34Nova Southeastern UniversityFort Lauderdale, Florida7—1 year out——35Washburn UniversityTopeka, Kansas7—1 year out$50,823$20,250 36Roger Williams UniversityBristol, Rhode Island7$51,4451 year out$58,421$19,619 37Lewis UniversityRomeoville, Illinois6—1 year out——38Loyola University ChicagoChicago, Illinois6—1 year out——39College of Saint MaryOmaha, Nebraska6—1 year out——40Western Kentucky UniversityBowling Green, Kentucky5—1 year out——41Mississippi Christian UniversityClinton, Mississippi5—1 year out$42,785—42Daemen UniversityAmherst, New York5—1 year out——43Kent State University at KentKent, Ohio5$38,9811 year out—$25,000 44Gannon UniversityErie, Pennsylvania5—1 year out——45Tarleton State UniversityStephenville, Texas5—1 year out——46University of Massachusetts GlobalAliso Viejo, California5—1 year out——47National UniversitySan Diego, California4—1 year out——48Herzing University-AtlantaAtlanta, Georgia4$33,3151 year out$50,061—49Widener UniversityChester, Pennsylvania4—1 year out——50Texas Wesleyan UniversityFort Worth, Texas4—1 year out——51Hampton UniversityHampton, Virginia4—1 year out——52Idaho State UniversityPocatello, Idaho3—1 year out——53Grand View UniversityDes Moines, Iowa3—1 year out——54William Woods UniversityFulton, Missouri3—1 year out——55University of North GeorgiaDahlonega, Georgia3—1 year out——56Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, Pennsylvania3—1 year out——57Lewis-Clark State CollegeLewiston, Idaho2—1 year out——58Saint Mary-of-the-Woods CollegeSaint Mary of the Woods, Indiana2—1 year out——59Hilbert CollegeHamburg, New York2—1 year out——60Herzing University-New OrleansMetairie, Louisiana2$33,3151 year out$50,061—61Northcentral UniversitySan Diego, California2—1 year out——62Valdosta State UniversityValdosta, Georgia1—1 year out——63Sullivan UniversityLouisville, Kentucky1—1 year out——64Bay Path UniversityLongmeadow, Massachusetts1—1 year out——65Northern Michigan UniversityMarquette, Michigan1—1 year out——66Siena Heights UniversityAdrian, Michigan1—1 year out——67Herzing University-MinneapolisSt. Louis Park, Minnesota1$33,3151 year out$50,061—68Herzing University-AkronAkron, Ohio1$33,3151 year out$50,061—69Lake Erie CollegePainesville, Ohio1—1 year out——70National American University-Rapid CityRapid City, South Dakota1—1 year out——71Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah1—1 year out$43,015—72Green River CollegeAuburn, Washington1—1 year out——73Herzing University-BirminghamBirmingham, Alabama0$33,3151 year out$50,061—74University of Central FloridaOrlando, Florida——1 year out$53,859—75South University-SavannahSavannah, Georgia—$36,9001 year out$46,159$48,729 76Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana0—1 year out$43,025—77Texas Woman's UniversityDenton, Texas——1 year out$57,680—78South University-ColumbiaColumbia, South Carolina—$36,9001 year out$46,159$48,729 79Herzing University-OrlandoWinter Park, Florida0$33,3151 year out$50,061—80Herzing University-KenoshaKenosha, Wisconsin0$33,3151 year out$50,061—81Herzing University-BrookfieldBrookfield, Wisconsin0$33,3151 year out$50,061—

Associate programs — top 100 of 417 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Bryant & Stratton College-OnlineOrchard Park, New York100$30,9981 year out$40,856$25,524 2Liberty UniversityLynchburg, Virginia85$45,4521 year out$36,192$30,500 3American River CollegeSacramento, California79—1 year out$52,151—4Keiser University-Ft LauderdaleFort Lauderdale, Florida72$37,5591 year out$40,790$29,234 5Bryan UniversityTempe, Arizona70$26,2881 year out$42,985$26,380 6Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas61$33,3811 year out$52,108$17,294 7Purdue University GlobalWest Lafayette, Indiana60$35,0861 year out$40,341$25,974 8Crestpoint UniversityPhoenix, Arizona55$40,5851 year out$39,195$25,250 9Greenville Technical CollegeGreenville, South Carolina53$39,0261 year out$48,349$18,500 10Valencia CollegeOrlando, Florida52$32,2101 year out$40,513$16,002 11Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana51$34,9811 year out$39,293$14,280 12Lone Star College SystemThe Woodlands, Texas50—1 year out$44,720—13Center for Advanced Legal StudiesHouston, Texas41$27,5851 year out$44,837$23,738 14Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnut, California40$29,5691 year out$44,776$14,353 15Northern Virginia Community CollegeAnnandale, Virginia37$45,9151 year out$46,360$17,427 16Broward CollegeFort Lauderdale, Florida36—1 year out$47,543—17Collin County Community College DistrictMcKinney, Texas35—1 year out——18Houston City CollegeHouston, Texas34—1 year out$43,910$14,000 19City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright CollegeChicago, Illinois33—1 year out——20Portland Community CollegePortland, Oregon33$42,4631 year out$56,558$23,250 21San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, Texas33—1 year out$40,898—22J Sargeant Reynolds Community CollegeRichmond, Virginia33$38,0661 year out—$20,250 23American Public University SystemCharles Town, West Virginia33$40,0491 year out$43,421$26,419 24Saint Louis Community CollegeBridgeton, Missouri32$31,8421 year out$48,721$6,500 25Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas32$46,2161 year out$53,952$14,125 26Hillsborough CollegeTampa, Florida30$39,5171 year out—$21,036 27Northwest Career CollegeLas Vegas, Nevada30—1 year out—$19,875 28Santa Ana CollegeSanta Ana, California29—1 year out——29Coastline Community CollegeFountain Valley, California28—1 year out——30De Anza CollegeCupertino, California28—1 year out——31Trident Technical CollegeCharleston, South Carolina28—1 year out——32Phoenix CollegePhoenix, Arizona27$45,8381 year out$50,065$15,000 33Rio Salado CollegeTempe, Arizona27—1 year out$40,496—34San Diego Miramar CollegeSan Diego, California27—1 year out——35Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida27$40,7821 year out—$12,950 36Erie Community CollegeBuffalo, New York27—1 year out$35,637$14,894 37Los Angeles City CollegeLos Angeles, California26—1 year out——38Pasadena City CollegePasadena, California26—1 year out——39Rasmussen University-FloridaOcala, Florida26$34,4211 year out$42,836$27,876 40Plaza CollegeForest Hills, New York26$29,4541 year out—$20,691 41Fresno City CollegeFresno, California25—1 year out$51,833—42MTI CollegeSacramento, California25$47,5351 year out$54,511$13,758 43Florida State College at JacksonvilleJacksonville, Florida25—1 year out$49,023—44Nassau Community CollegeGarden City, New York25$32,4641 year out$48,944$9,000 45Tarrant County College DistrictFort Worth, Texas25$38,4041 year out$48,930—46Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake City, Utah25$39,7291 year out$49,153$12,250 47College of the CanyonsSanta Clarita, California24—1 year out——48Evergreen Valley CollegeSan Jose, California24—1 year out——49Macomb Community CollegeWarren, Michigan24—1 year out——50Seminole State College of FloridaSanford, Florida23$44,7831 year out$50,407$25,858 51Roger Williams UniversityBristol, Rhode Island23—1 year out—$17,363 52Edmonds CollegeLynnwood, Washington23$39,4551 year out—$15,531 53Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, Mississippi22—1 year out$29,171—54College of Southern NevadaLas Vegas, Nevada22$28,8031 year out$51,139$8,506 55San Antonio CollegeSan Antonio, Texas22—1 year out$46,779—56South Texas CollegeMcAllen, Texas22—1 year out$32,808—57Cuyamaca CollegeEl Cajon, California21—1 year out——58West Los Angeles CollegeCulver City, California21—1 year out——59Community College of Allegheny CountyPittsburgh, Pennsylvania21—1 year out$37,360—60Nashville State Community CollegeNashville, Tennessee21—1 year out——61Blinn College DistrictBrenham, Texas21—1 year out$44,568—62Pima Community CollegeTucson, Arizona20—1 year out$46,022—63Fullerton CollegeFullerton, California20—1 year out——64Irvine Valley CollegeIrvine, California20—1 year out——65Herzing University-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin20$39,9521 year out$40,021$31,441 66Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa19—1 year out—$25,083 67CUNY LaGuardia Community CollegeLong Island City, New York19$36,3581 year out$41,174—68Oxnard CollegeOxnard, California18—1 year out——69Truckee Meadows Community CollegeReno, Nevada18—1 year out——70Cuyahoga Community College DistrictCleveland, Ohio18—1 year out$50,406—71Rose State CollegeMidwest City, Oklahoma18$43,5181 year out$43,746$14,591 72Madison Area Technical CollegeMadison, Wisconsin18—1 year out——73Fremont UniversityCerritos, California18$38,8541 year out$45,423$21,312 74Gadsden State Community CollegeGadsden, Alabama17—1 year out——75El Camino Community College DistrictTorrance, California17—1 year out——76Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut17—1 year out——77Palm Beach State CollegeLake Worth, Florida17$46,6221 year out$47,368$9,000 78Inver Hills Community CollegeInver Grove Heights, Minnesota17$49,6941 year out$48,783$24,521 79North Hennepin Community CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota17$48,9601 year out$51,872$18,625 80Rasmussen University-MinnesotaSt. Cloud, Minnesota17$34,4211 year out$42,836$27,876 81CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBrooklyn, New York17—1 year out——82University of Cincinnati-Clermont CollegeBatavia, Ohio17—1 year out——83Georgia Military CollegeMilledgeville, Georgia17—1 year out——84Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California16—1 year out——85Chaffey CollegeRancho Cucamonga, California16—1 year out——86College of the SequoiasVisalia, California16—1 year out——87Oakland Community CollegeAuburn Hills, Michigan16—1 year out—$14,083 88Columbus State Community CollegeColumbus, Ohio16—1 year out——89Northampton County Area Community CollegeBethlehem, Pennsylvania16—1 year out——90Community College of Rhode IslandWarwick, Rhode Island16—1 year out$44,387—91Yavapai CollegePrescott, Arizona15—1 year out——92Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, Colorado15—1 year out$47,599—93Tallahassee State CollegeTallahassee, Florida15—1 year out——94Montgomery CollegeRockville, Maryland15—1 year out——95Metropolitan Community College-Kansas CityKansas City, Missouri15—1 year out$50,340—96Virginia Peninsula Community CollegeHampton, Virginia15—1 year out——97Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukee, Wisconsin15—1 year out$48,005—98Suffolk County Community CollegeSelden, New York15—1 year out$49,448—99Pikes Peak State CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado14—1 year out——100Daytona State CollegeDaytona Beach, Florida14—1 year out$34,395—

Certificate programs — top 100 of 331 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana158—1 year out——2Center for Advanced Legal StudiesHouston, Texas141$39,3871 year out$44,857$14,704 3Post UniversityWaterbury, Connecticut72$36,4121 year out—$27,523 4Lone Star College SystemThe Woodlands, Texas71$36,6781 year out—$17,251 5Arlington Career InstituteArlington, Texas65—1 year out$41,049—6Liberty UniversityLynchburg, Virginia62—1 year out$44,096—7Marist UniversityPoughkeepsie, New York58$41,4311 year out$92,768$26,000 8Collin County Community College DistrictMcKinney, Texas58—1 year out——9Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, Colorado57$38,4851 year out—$19,760 10Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, Mississippi55—1 year out——11Tri-Community Adult EducationCovina, California51—1 year out——12Cuyahoga Community College DistrictCleveland, Ohio50—1 year out——13Crestpoint UniversityPhoenix, Arizona49—1 year out——14Pasadena City CollegePasadena, California44—1 year out——15Phoenix CollegePhoenix, Arizona43$38,9101 year out$62,473$18,358 16Coastline Community CollegeFountain Valley, California41—1 year out——17East Los Angeles CollegeMonterey Park, California40—1 year out——18Southwestern Community CollegeSylva, North Carolina39—1 year out——19Cape Fear Community CollegeWilmington, North Carolina38—1 year out——20Fullerton CollegeFullerton, California37—1 year out——21Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut37—1 year out——22Houston City CollegeHouston, Texas37—1 year out——23American River CollegeSacramento, California36—1 year out——24Santa Ana CollegeSanta Ana, California36—1 year out——25Fresno City CollegeFresno, California35—1 year out——26De Anza CollegeCupertino, California34—1 year out——27Southern Crescent Technical CollegeGriffin, Georgia34—1 year out——28Lamar State College-OrangeOrange, Texas34—1 year out——29Rio Salado CollegeTempe, Arizona32—1 year out——30West Los Angeles CollegeCulver City, California32—1 year out——31Rasmussen University-FloridaOcala, Florida32$40,4921 year out—$28,796 32Nassau Community CollegeGarden City, New York32—1 year out——33Indiana University-IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana31$44,5761 year out$47,465$21,963 34Johnson County Community CollegeOverland Park, Kansas31$44,9211 year out$49,903$19,367 35Madisonville Community CollegeMadisonville, Kentucky29—1 year out——36American Public University SystemCharles Town, West Virginia29—1 year out$39,088—37Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California28—1 year out——38San Diego Miramar CollegeSan Diego, California28—1 year out——39Loyola University ChicagoChicago, Illinois28$48,8191 year out—$35,000 40Portland Community CollegePortland, Oregon28—1 year out——41Northwest Career CollegeLas Vegas, Nevada27—1 year out——42Oxnard CollegeOxnard, California26—1 year out——43Coastal Carolina Community CollegeJacksonville, North Carolina26—1 year out——44Irvine Valley CollegeIrvine, California25—1 year out——45University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio24—1 year out——46Central Texas CollegeKilleen, Texas24—1 year out——47Community College of DenverDenver, Colorado23—1 year out$48,043—48Community Care CollegeTulsa, Oklahoma23$29,0281 year out—$11,995 49Husson UniversityBangor, Maine23—1 year out——50College of the CanyonsSanta Clarita, California22—1 year out——51Clayton State UniversityMorrow, Georgia22$34,4471 year out$48,395$32,620 52Johnston Community CollegeSmithfield, North Carolina22$41,2781 year out$39,797—53Community College of Baltimore CountyBaltimore, Maryland22—1 year out——54Chaffey CollegeRancho Cucamonga, California21—1 year out——55El Camino Community College DistrictTorrance, California21—1 year out——56Henry Ford CollegeDearborn, Michigan21—1 year out——57Tidewater Community CollegeNorfolk, Virginia21$36,1501 year out—$13,490 58Merritt CollegeOakland, California20—1 year out——59Saint Louis Community CollegeBridgeton, Missouri20—1 year out——60Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas20—1 year out—$24,359 61Yavapai CollegePrescott, Arizona19—1 year out——62Oakland Community CollegeAuburn Hills, Michigan19$42,2621 year out——63Inver Hills Community CollegeInver Grove Heights, Minnesota19—1 year out$56,705—64Forsyth Technical Community CollegeWinston-Salem, North Carolina19—1 year out—$16,702 65Community College of Allegheny CountyPittsburgh, Pennsylvania19—1 year out——66Edmonds CollegeLynnwood, Washington19$45,8801 year out—$23,471 67Pima Community CollegeTucson, Arizona18—1 year out——68Mount Wachusett Community CollegeGardner, Massachusetts18—1 year out——69Northwest Mississippi Community CollegeSenatobia, Mississippi18—1 year out——70Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, North Carolina18$44,0121 year out$56,167—71Columbus State Community CollegeColumbus, Ohio18—1 year out——72Community College of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania18—1 year out——73Brightpoint Community CollegeChester, Virginia18—1 year out——74University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical CollegeNorth Little Rock, Arkansas17—1 year out——75Anne Arundel Community CollegeArnold, Maryland17—1 year out$69,888—76Suffolk UniversityBoston, Massachusetts17—1 year out——77North Hennepin Community CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota17$48,5991 year out$55,490—78Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown, North Carolina17—1 year out——79Spokane Community CollegeSpokane, Washington17—1 year out——80Northeast Wisconsin Technical CollegeGreen Bay, Wisconsin17—1 year out——81Arapahoe Community CollegeLittleton, Colorado16—1 year out$54,974—82Pikes Peak State CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado16—1 year out——83Hillsborough CollegeTampa, Florida16$43,8711 year out—$27,000 84Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan16—1 year out——85Metropolitan Community College AreaOmaha, Nebraska16—1 year out——86West Valley CollegeSaratoga, California15—1 year out——87Atlantic Technical CollegeCoconut Creek, Florida15—1 year out——88St Petersburg CollegeSt. Petersburg, Florida15—1 year out——89College of Lake CountyGrayslake, Illinois15$45,0941 year out——90McHenry County CollegeCrystal Lake, Illinois15—1 year out——91Monroe Community CollegeRochester, New York15$34,7991 year out$47,740—92Alvin Community CollegeAlvin, Texas15—1 year out——93Purdue University GlobalWest Lafayette, Indiana15$30,2241 year out$30,374$11,642 94Mohave Community CollegeKingman, Arizona14—1 year out——95Evergreen Valley CollegeSan Jose, California14—1 year out——96MTI CollegeSacramento, California14—1 year out$49,967—97National UniversitySan Diego, California14—1 year out——98University of HartfordWest Hartford, Connecticut14—1 year out——99Kapiolani Community CollegeHonolulu, Hawaii14—1 year out——100Elgin Community CollegeElgin, Illinois14—1 year out——

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).