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2022 Best Value Paralegal Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid

3 Ranked Colleges
80 Degrees Awarded
$10,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Paralegal Schools for a Bachelor's in New York For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Paralegal Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Legal Assistant/Paralegal is the 123rd most popular major in the country with 9,938 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across New York, there were 626 legal assistant/paralegal graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 80 legal assistant/paralegal graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,973 and $22,589 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Paralegal Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in legal assistant/paralegal. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great legal assistant/paralegal programs and cost less that 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.

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Best Value Paralegal Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for new york bachelor’s degree paralegal students with aid.

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York City College of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Paralegal Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid list. City Tech is a fairly large school located in Brooklyn, New York that handed out 44 bachelors’s paralegal degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at City Tech, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. It costs about $3,667 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Paralegal students with aid per year to attend New York City College of Technology.

Full New York City College of Technology Legal Assistant/Paralegal Report

#2

SUNY Canton

Canton, New York
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Paralegal Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Canton landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Canton, New York, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s paralegal degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new york bachelor’s degree paralegal students with aid list, SUNY Canton has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SUNY Canton is $13,864 for new york bachelor’s degree paralegal students with aid.

Read more about Legal Assistant/Paralegal at SUNY Canton

#3

Mercy College

Dobbs Ferry, New York
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Paralegal Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Mercy College landed the #3 spot on the list. Dobbs Ferry, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s paralegal degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

Mercy not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. It costs about $14,281 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Paralegal students with aid per year to attend Mercy.

Full Mercy Legal Assistant/Paralegal Report

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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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