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2022 Best Value Paralegal Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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Best Value Paralegal Schools for a Bachelor's in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Paralegal Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 9,938 people earned their degree in legal assistant/paralegal, making the major the 123rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 1,646 legal assistant/paralegal graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 legal assistant/paralegal graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality legal assistant/paralegal programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the legal assistant/paralegal program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The paralegal 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 “Best Value Paralegal Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Paralegal Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree paralegal students whose families make $48-$75k.

#1

National University

La Jolla, California
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Paralegal Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, National University landed the #1 spot on the list. National University is located in La Jolla, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s paralegal degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our far western us region bachelor’s degree paralegal students whose families make $48-$75k list, National University has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.

The low student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Legal Assistant/Paralegal at National University

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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