2023 Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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Ranked Colleges
134
Degrees Awarded
$41,100
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Paralegal for an Associate” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 10,611 people earned their degree in legal assistant/paralegal, making the major the 123rd most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 428 legal assistant/paralegal graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 134 legal assistant/paralegal graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,618 and $16,599 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great legal assistant/paralegal programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the legal assistant/paralegal program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Paralegal for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region associate degree vets studying paralegal.
Top 1 Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roger Williams University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Paralegal for an Associate list. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bristol, Rhode Island. It awarded 35 associates’s paralegal degrees in 2020-2021.
RWU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Among the 4,702 students enrolled at RWU, 95 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 48 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,342. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. RWU offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.