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2022 Best Legal Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

3 Colleges in the Southeast Region
23 Associate Degrees
If you plan on getting your associate degree in legal studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #386 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of legal studies. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 23 associate degrees in legal studies during the 2019-2020 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

Best Legal Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region Your choice of legal studies for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality legal studies 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

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of different 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 studies students as compared to other majors.
  • Major Demand - How many other legal studies 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 studies related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for legal studies students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The legal studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Legal Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region.

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

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
2 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Tulane University of Louisiana if you wish to pursue an associate degree in legal studies. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in legal studies from Tulane University of Louisiana

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
10 Annual Graduates

Holmes Community College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in legal studies. Holmes Community College is a moderately-sized public college located in the rural area of Goodman.More information about a associate in legal studies from Holmes Community College

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
3 Annual Graduates

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a great choice for students interested in an associate degree in legal studies. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the rural area of Perkinston.More information about a associate in legal studies from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Explore the best legal studies colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 267 9
West Virginia 177 7
Alabama 117 0
Louisiana 110 3

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Legal Studies is one of 1 different types of Non-Professional General Legal Studies programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Pre-Law 11

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to The wub. More about our data sources and methodologies.

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