2025 Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina

If you're seeking an Associate Degree in legal professions, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #23 one in the country in terms of popularity.This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 122 associate degrees in legal professions to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Associate Degree Schools List

Early-Career Earnings

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on legal professions students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of legal professions students who choose to seek a associate 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.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for legal professions to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized legal professions related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for legal professions 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 Professions Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Legal Professions in North Carolina

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in legal professions.

Top North Carolina Schools for an Associate in Legal Professions

1

Central Piedmont Community College
Charlotte, NC

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Central Piedmont Community College is a great decision for individuals pursuing an associate degree in legal professions. Located in the large city of Charlotte, Central Piedmont Community College is a public college with a large student population.More information about a associate in legal professions from Central Piedmont Community College

2

Johnston Community College
Smithfield, NC

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Johnston Community College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in legal professions. Johnston Community College is a small public college located in the fringe town of Smithfield.More information about a associate in legal professions from Johnston Community College

Best Legal Professions Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Legal Professions Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	37	128
Georgia	34	147
Virginia	34	205
Arkansas	33	24
Florida	32	536
Kentucky	30	11
Tennessee	30	72
West Virginia	29	81
Louisiana	26	42
South Carolina	26	137
Alabama	24	36

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Legal Professions Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Legal Support Services	122

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	968

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).
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