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2025 Best Legal Support Services Schools in the Southwest Region

14 Colleges in the Southwest Region
1,663 Legal Support Degrees Awarded
$37,951 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in legal support services, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #106 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 14 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for legal support services students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 1,663 degrees in legal support services to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

Best Legal Support Services Schools in the Southwest Region Your choice of legal support services school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Legal Support Services School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

Associate Degrees in Legal Support
Bachelor's Degrees in Legal Support

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Legal Support Services Schools in the Southwest Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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If you want to learn more about how we derive our rankings, see College Factual's Methodology.

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the legal support degree levels they offer.

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Lone Star College System
The Woodlands, TX
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
88 Legal Support Degrees Awarded
$36,678 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in legal support services needs to take a look at Lone Star College System. Located in the midsize city of The Woodlands, North Harris Montgomery is a public college with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #557 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means North Harris Montgomery is a great college overall.

There were about 88 legal support services students who graduated with this degree at North Harris Montgomery in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the legal support program state that they receive average early career earnings of $36,678.

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El Centro College
Dallas, TX
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
72 Legal Support Degrees Awarded
$33,381 Median Starting Salary

El Centro College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in legal support services. Located in the city of Dallas, El Centro College is a public college with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #281 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means El Centro College is a great college overall.

There were about 72 legal support services students who graduated with this degree at El Centro College in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the legal support program make around $33,381 in the first couple years of their career.

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Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
50 Legal Support Degrees Awarded
22.0% Growth in Graduates

Every student who is interested in legal support services needs to take a look at Austin Community College District. Located in the large city of Austin, Austin Community College District is a public college with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #506 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Austin Community College District is a great college overall.

There were approximately 50 legal support services students who graduated with this degree at Austin Community College District in the most recent data year. Those legal support services students who get their degree from Austin Community College District receive $8,265 more than the standard legal support graduate.

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Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
59 Legal Support Degrees Awarded
$38,404 Median Starting Salary

Tarrant County College District is a good decision for students interested in a degree in legal support services. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, Tarrant County College is a public college with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #272 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Tarrant County College is a great college overall.

There were roughly 59 legal support services students who graduated with this degree at Tarrant County College in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the legal support program state that they receive average early career income of $38,404.

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Phoenix College
Phoenix, AZ
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
65 Legal Support Degrees Awarded
$42,269 Median Starting Salary

Phoenix College is a large public college located in the city of Phoenix. This college ranks 13th out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.

There were roughly 65 legal support services students who graduated with this degree at Phoenix College in the most recent data year. Those legal support services students who get their degree from Phoenix College make $4,318 more than the typical legal support student.

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Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In TX
91 Legal Support Degrees Awarded

Houston Community College is a fairly large public college located in the city of Houston. A Best Colleges rank of #474 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Houston Community College is a great college overall.

There were roughly 91 legal support services students who graduated with this degree at Houston Community College in the most recent data year.

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Blinn College
Brenham, TX
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
10th Most Popular In TX

Blinn College is a large public college located in the distant town of Brenham. This college ranks 62nd out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.

There were roughly 24 legal support services students who graduated with this degree at Blinn College in the most recent data year.

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Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In AZ
31 Legal Support Degrees Awarded

Pima County Community College District is a large public college located in the large city of Tucson. This college ranks 10th out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.

There were approximately 31 legal support services students who graduated with this degree at Pima County Community College District in the most recent year we have data available.

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
$42,723 Median Starting Salary

Located in the medium-sized city of Houston, UH Clear Lake is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 87th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.

There were roughly 13 legal support services students who graduated with this degree at UH Clear Lake in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the legal support services major at University of Houston - Clear Lake make $4,772 above the typical college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

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Rose State College
Midwest City, OK

Located in the large suburb of Midwest City, RSC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 26th out of 31 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oklahoma.

There were approximately 18 legal support services students who graduated with this degree at RSC in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the legal support services program at Rose State College earn $5,567 more than the average college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.

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Explore the best legal support services colleges for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Texas 317 593
Arizona 287 265
Oklahoma 257 34
New Mexico 219 30

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One of 4 majors within the Legal Professions area of study, Legal Support Services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Major Annual Graduates
Legal Assistant/Paralegal 1,508
Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary 107
Court Reporting and Captioning 42
Other Legal Support Services 6

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Law 2,966
Legal Research 1,326
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 651
Legal Professions (Other) 235

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