by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Paralegal Major in Maryland” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Legal Assistant/Paralegal is the 123rd most popular major in the country with 10,611 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Maryland, there were 221 legal assistant/paralegal graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 38 legal assistant/paralegal graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,642 and $26,517 respectively.
The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their legal assistant/paralegal program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Paralegal Major in Maryland”.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Paralegal Major in Maryland”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Paralegal Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Stevenson University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Stevenson, Maryland, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s paralegal degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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