2024 Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
7
Colleges in the Plains States Region
217
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.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 217 associate degrees in legal assistant/paralegal during the 2020-2021 academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Legal Assistant/Paralegal School for Your Associate Degree
Your choice of legal assistant/paralegal for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality paralegal program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to legal assistant/paralegal students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other legal assistant/paralegal students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- 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.
More Ways to Rank Legal Assistant/Paralegal Schools
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Featured Legal Assistant/Paralegal Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.