by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Paralegal Major for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 10,611 people earned their degree in legal assistant/paralegal, making the major the 123rd most popular in the United States.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 98 legal assistant/paralegal graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Paralegal Major for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in legal assistant/paralegal. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in legal assistant/paralegal.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Paralegal Major for a Master’s” 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 “Most Well Attended Paralegal Major for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University Global. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Paralegal Major for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and it awarded 56 masters’s paralegal degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Purdue University Global
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Paralegal Major for a Master’s. GWU is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 29 masters’s paralegal degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Paralegal Major for a Master’s. Texas State is a large school located in San Marcos, Texas that handed out 13 masters’s paralegal degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Texas State
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Paralegal Major for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Widener University landed the #4 spot on the list. Widener University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Chester, Pennsylvania. It awarded 15 masters’s paralegal degrees 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%.
Read more about Legal Assistant/Paralegal at Widener University
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