2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Legal Assistant/Paralegal in the Southwest Region

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in legal assistant/paralegal, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #231 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the most popular for legal assistant/paralegal students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 63 bachelor's degrees in legal assistant/paralegal during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Legal Assistant/Paralegal School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The paralegal bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. We created our Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Legal Assistant/Paralegal in the Southwest Region ranking to make it a little easier to choose the right one for you.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of legal assistant/paralegal students usually has them for a reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

One Size Does Not Fit All

This ranking is just one of the many we have created. First of all, if you are interested in other degree levels, you may want to take a look at one of the rankings highlighted above. Also, if you are interested in attending school in a specific part of the country, see our rankings by location. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for legal assistant/paralegal.

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Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Legal Assistant/Paralegal in the Southwest Region

Explore the most popular colleges and universities for legal assistant/paralegal students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Most Well Attended Schools for Paralegal Students Working on Their Bachelor's

1

University of Houston - Clear Lake
Houston, TX

21 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In TX

#1 Best Quality In TX

University of Houston - Clear Lake is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in legal assistant/paralegal. UH Clear Lake is a medium-sized public university located in the large suburb of Houston. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in legal assistant/paralegal in Texas.

There were approximately 21 legal assistant/paralegal students who graduated with this degree at UH Clear Lake in the most recent year we have data available.

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2

Bryan University
Tempe, AZ

15 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In AZ

#1 Best Quality In AZ

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in legal assistant/paralegal has to take a look at Bryan University. Located in the city of Tempe, Bryan University is a private for-profit university with a small student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in legal assistant/paralegal in Arizona.

There were approximately 15 legal assistant/paralegal students who graduated with this degree at Bryan University in the most recent data year.

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3

Texas A&M University - Commerce
Commerce, TX

10 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#2 Most Popular In TX

#3 Best Quality In TX

Texas A&M University - Commerce is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in legal assistant/paralegal. Located in the distant town of Commerce, Texas A&M Commerce is a public university with a fairly large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for bachelor's degrees in legal assistant/paralegal in Texas.

There were roughly 10 legal assistant/paralegal students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M Commerce in the most recent data year.

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4

Texas Wesleyan University
Fort Worth, TX

7 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#3 Most Popular In TX

#2 Best Quality In TX

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in legal assistant/paralegal has to take a look at Texas Wesleyan University. Texas Wesleyan is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Fort Worth. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for bachelor's degrees in legal assistant/paralegal in Texas.

There were roughly 7 legal assistant/paralegal individuals who graduated with this degree at Texas Wesleyan in the most recent year we have data available.

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5

East Central University
Ada, OK

6 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In OK

#1 Best Quality In OK

Located in the remote town of Ada, ECU is a public university with a small student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in legal assistant/paralegal in Oklahoma.

There were roughly 6 legal assistant/paralegal students who graduated with this degree at ECU in the most recent year we have data available.

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6

Tarleton State University
Stephenville, TX

3 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#4 Most Popular In TX

Tarleton is a large public university located in the town of Stephenville. More information about a bachelor’s in legal assistant/paralegal from Tarleton State University

7

Stephen F Austin State University
Nacogdoches, TX

1 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#5 Most Popular In TX

SFASU is a large public university located in the town of Nacogdoches.

There were approximately 1 legal assistant/paralegal students who graduated with this degree at SFASU in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Colleges by State

Explore the most popular legal assistant/paralegal colleges for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	544	48
Oklahoma	390	9
Arizona	342	10

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Rankings in Majors Related to Paralegal

One of 3 majors within the Legal Support Services area of study, Legal Assistant/Paralegal has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.