Legal Support Services at South University-Savannah

South University-Savannah's Legal Support Services bachelor's program carries a fundamental challenge: graduates leave with $48,729 in debt—nearly double what other Legal Support programs typically charge—while earning salaries that match, but don't exceed, the national median of $36,900. That debt burden ranks this program in the 5th percentile nationally, meaning 95% of comparable programs saddle students with less debt. For a family considering this investment, the math is stark: graduates owe more than their entire first-year salary.

The program does perform slightly better than Georgia's median for Legal Support earnings (60th percentile in-state), but that modest advantage can't justify the debt differential. Earnings do grow to $38,332 by year four, but that 4% increase barely outpaces inflation and doesn't materially improve the debt-to-income picture. With 72% of students qualifying for Pell grants, this program serves a predominantly low-income population who can least afford to carry debt at these levels.

The small sample size (under 30 graduates) means individual outcomes vary widely, but the core tradeoff remains troubling. Unless your child has substantial scholarship support that dramatically reduces borrowing, this program's debt load creates financial strain that competing Georgia programs—charging similar tuition but requiring less total borrowing—would avoid.