Legal Support Services programs in New York
53 schools in New York teach this, at certificate or associate level. 17 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $41,565 at Schenectady County Community College.
What this work pays in New York
Paralegals and Legal Assistants in New York earn a median of $68,410 a year across 34,220 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.
| Also leads to | Median | Jobs in New York |
|---|---|---|
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | $72,230 | 9,800 |
| Interpreters and Translators | $84,090 | 3,240 |
| Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers | $61,380 | 2,130 |
| Legal Support Workers, All Other | $76,520 | 1,760 |
| Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners | $101,990 | 1,400 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schenectady County Community College Schenectady | Associate's degree | — | $41,565 (16 grads) | 11 |
| Hofstra University Hempstead | Undergraduate certificate | $4,250 | $41,025 (36 grads) | — |
| Suffolk County Community College Selden | Undergraduate certificate | — | $39,729 (20 grads) | 17 |
| Monroe Community College Rochester | Undergraduate certificate | — | $35,276 (21 grads) | 18 |
| Nassau Community College Garden City | Associate's degree | — | $34,908 (53 grads) | 29 |
| Dutchess Community College Poughkeepsie | Associate's degree | — | $31,848 (14 grads) | 3 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Albany Albany | Associate's degree | $21,089 | $31,021 (91 grads) | 5 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Buffalo Buffalo | Associate's degree | $21,089 | $31,021 (91 grads) | 11 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Greece Rochester | Associate's degree | $21,089 | $31,021 (91 grads) | 4 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Online Orchard Park | Associate's degree | $21,089 | $31,021 (91 grads) | 103 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Syracuse North Liverpool | Associate's degree | $21,089 | $31,021 (91 grads) | 3 |
| Suffolk County Community College Selden | Associate's degree | — | $29,832 (19 grads) | 12 |
| Finger Lakes Community College Canandaigua | Associate's degree | — | $28,598 (12 grads) | 9 |
| CUNY LaGuardia Community College Long Island City | Associate's degree | — | $28,236 (23 grads) | 30 |
| SUNY Broome Community College Binghamton | Associate's degree | — | $26,896 (16 grads) | 4 |
| Erie Community College Buffalo | Associate's degree | $11,450 | $22,920 (27 grads) | 22 |
| Jefferson Community College Watertown | Associate's degree | — | $18,309 (12 grads) | 4 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Buffalo Buffalo | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | not published | 1 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Greece Rochester | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | not published | 0 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Online Orchard Park | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | not published | 14 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Syracuse North Liverpool | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | not published | 0 |
| Marist University Poughkeepsie | Undergraduate certificate | $24,205 | not published | 58 |
| Plaza College Forest Hills | Associate's degree | $9,976 | not published | 40 |
| CUNY Bronx Community College Bronx | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| CUNY Bronx Community College Bronx | Associate's degree | — | not published | 7 |
| CUNY Hostos Community College Bronx | Associate's degree | — | not published | 3 |
| CUNY LaGuardia Community College Long Island City | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 7 |
| CUNY New York City College of Technology Brooklyn | Associate's degree | — | not published | 11 |
| Daemen University Amherst | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 8 |
| Dutchess Community College Poughkeepsie | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Erie Community College Buffalo | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Finger Lakes Community College Canandaigua | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 3 |
| Genesee Community College Batavia | Associate's degree | — | not published | 15 |
| Herkimer County Community College Herkimer | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 16 |
| Herkimer County Community College Herkimer | Associate's degree | — | not published | 8 |
| Hilbert College Hamburg | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Mildred Elley School-Albany Campus Albany | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Mildred Elley School-Albany Campus Albany | Associate's degree | — | not published | 11 |
| Monroe Community College Rochester | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Nassau Community College Garden City | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 23 |
| Plaza College Forest Hills | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 5 |
| Rockland Community College Suffern | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 4 |
| Rockland Community College Suffern | Associate's degree | — | not published | 10 |
| SUNY College of Technology at Alfred Alfred | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 7 |
| SUNY College of Technology at Alfred Alfred | Associate's degree | — | not published | 4 |
| SUNY Corning Community College Corning | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| SUNY Westchester Community College Valhalla | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 10 |
| SUNY Westchester Community College Valhalla | Associate's degree | — | not published | 12 |
| Sullivan County Community College Loch Sheldrake | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Sullivan County Community College Loch Sheldrake | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Tompkins Cortland Community College Dryden | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 5 |
| Tompkins Cortland Community College Dryden | Associate's degree | — | not published | 10 |
| Touro University New York | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.
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The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Legal Support Services — nothing else, and nothing in between.
Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.