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2025 Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Bachelor's Degree Schools

16 Colleges in the United States
809 Bachelor's Degrees
a bachelor's degree in legal assistant/paralegal is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #250 out of 1232 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 16 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 809 bachelor's degrees in legal assistant/paralegal to qualified students.

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Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Bachelor's Degree Schools Your choice of legal assistant/paralegal for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality paralegal program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a college'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.

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The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for legal assistant/paralegal students working on their bachelor's degree.

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Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for legal assistant/paralegal students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

10 Top Schools for a Bachelor's in Paralegal

1
Basic Certificate Highest Degree Type
22 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in legal assistant/paralegal. IUPUI is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Indianapolis.More information about a bachelor’s in legal assistant/paralegal from Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

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Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
83 Annual Graduates

Liberty University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in legal assistant/paralegal. Liberty University is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Lynchburg.More information about a bachelor’s in legal assistant/paralegal from Liberty University

3
Undergraduate Certificate Highest Degree Type
10 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Cincinnati - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in legal assistant/paralegal. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in legal assistant/paralegal from University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

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Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
17 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in legal assistant/paralegal has to take a look at University of Toledo. University of Toledo is a large public university located in the large city of Toledo.More information about a bachelor’s in legal assistant/paralegal from University of Toledo

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Basic Certificate Highest Degree Type
41 Annual Graduates

GVSU is a very large public university located in the town of Allendale.More information about a bachelor’s in legal assistant/paralegal from Grand Valley State University

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69 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Fort Myers, FGCU is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in legal assistant/paralegal from Florida Gulf Coast University

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Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
48 Annual Graduates

City Tech is a large public college located in the city of Brooklyn.More information about a bachelor’s in legal assistant/paralegal from New York City College of Technology

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Stevenson University
Owings Mills, MD
32 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Owings Mills, Stevenson is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in legal assistant/paralegal from Stevenson University

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St Petersburg College
St. Petersburg, FL
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
20 Annual Graduates

SPC is a fairly large public college located in the large city of St. Petersburg.More information about a bachelor’s in legal assistant/paralegal from St Petersburg College

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13 Annual Graduates

Located in the medium-sized suburb of Moorhead, MSU Moorhead is a public university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in legal assistant/paralegal from Minnesota State University - Moorhead

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One of 5 majors within the Legal Support Services area of study, Legal Assistant/Paralegal has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Legal Support Services 141
Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary 1
Court Reporting and Captioning 1

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