2025 Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Associate Degree Schools in Colorado

Ranked #28 in popularity, legal assistant/paralegal is one of the most sought-after associate degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Associate Degree Schools in Colorado ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 63 associate degrees in legal assistant/paralegal during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Legal Assistant/Paralegal School for Your Associate Degree

The paralegal associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on legal assistant/paralegal students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of legal assistant/paralegal students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized legal assistant/paralegal related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for legal assistant/paralegal students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Associate Degree Schools in Colorado ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Legal Assistant/Paralegal in Colorado

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in legal assistant/paralegal.

Top Colorado Schools for an Associate in Paralegal

1

Community College of Denver
Denver, CO

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Community College of Denver is a good option for individuals pursuing an associate degree in legal assistant/paralegal. CCD is a medium-sized public college located in the large city of Denver.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Community College of Denver

2

Pikes Peak Community College
Colorado Springs, CO

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

Pikes Peak Community College is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in legal assistant/paralegal. Located in the suburb of Colorado Springs, PPCC is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Pikes Peak Community College

3

Front Range Community College
Westminster, CO

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

Front Range Community College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in legal assistant/paralegal. FRCC is a fairly large public college located in the suburb of Westminster.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Front Range Community College

Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Utah	238	36
Idaho	219	15
Wyoming	217	7
Montana	148	4

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Rankings in Majors Related to Paralegal

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.