2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Legal Assistant/Paralegal

Legal Assistant/Paralegal isn't the most popular master's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #528 in popularity out of 1095 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the most popular for legal assistant/paralegal students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 95 master's degrees in legal assistant/paralegal to qualified students.

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One Size Does Not Fit All

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for legal assistant/paralegal.

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Legal Assistant/Paralegal in the United States

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in legal assistant/paralegal.

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

1

Purdue University Global
Indianapolis, IN

55 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In IN

#1 Best Quality In IN

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Purdue University Global if you want to pursue a master's degree in legal assistant/paralegal. Located in the city of Indianapolis, Purdue University Global is a public university with a fairly large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in legal assistant/paralegal in Indiana. More information about a master’s in legal assistant/paralegal from Purdue University Global

2

George Washington University
Washington, DC

40 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In DC

#1 Best Quality In DC

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in legal assistant/paralegal has to check out George Washington University. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in legal assistant/paralegal in District of Columbia. More information about a master’s in legal assistant/paralegal from George Washington University

Legal Assistant/Paralegal by Region

View the Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Legal Assistant/Paralegal for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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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.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary	15
Other Legal Support Services	10

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.