2025 Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Bachelor's Degree Schools in Ohio

Legal Assistant/Paralegal is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #250 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Bachelor's Degree Schools in Ohio ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 34 bachelor's degrees in legal assistant/paralegal to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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 - The number of legal assistant/paralegal students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• 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 colleges for legal assistant/paralegal students working on their bachelor's 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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Ohio list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Legal Assistant/Paralegal in Ohio

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

Top Ohio Schools for a Bachelor's in Paralegal

1

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus
Cincinnati, OH

Undergraduate Certificate Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a great decision for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in legal assistant/paralegal. Located in the 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

2

University of Toledo
Toledo, OH

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

University of Toledo is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in legal assistant/paralegal. University of Toledo is a large public university located in the city of Toledo.More information about a bachelor’s in legal assistant/paralegal from University of Toledo

Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	629	64
Illinois	558	47
Indiana	535	22
Wisconsin	435	6

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Legal Assistant/Paralegal Related Rankings by Major

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

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.