2025 Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Associate Degree Schools in Washington
3
Colleges in Washington
66
Associate Degrees
If you pursue a associate degree in
legal assistant/paralegal, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #28 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of legal assistant/paralegal. Combined, these schools handed out 66 associate degrees in legal assistant/paralegal to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great Legal Assistant/Paralegal School for Your Associate Degree
The paralegal associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on legal assistant/paralegal students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - The number of legal assistant/paralegal students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
- Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized legal assistant/paralegal related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for legal assistant/paralegal students working on their associate degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Associate Degree Schools in Washington ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.