by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Paralegal Major” 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 10,611 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 0 legal assistant/paralegal graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Paralegal Major” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Paralegal Major”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Widener University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Paralegal Major list. Located in Chester, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s paralegal students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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