2024 Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Legal Assistant/Paralegal is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #250 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for legal assistant/paralegal students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 47 bachelor's degrees in legal assistant/paralegal to qualified students.

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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 - How many other legal assistant/paralegal students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• 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 bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

 

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Legal Assistant/Paralegal in Illinois

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in legal assistant/paralegal.

Top Illinois Schools for a Bachelor's in Paralegal

1

Roosevelt University
Chicago, IL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in legal assistant/paralegal has to look into Roosevelt University. Located in the city of Chicago, Roosevelt is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in legal assistant/paralegal from Roosevelt University

2

Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, IL

14 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Southern Illinois University Carbondale if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in legal assistant/paralegal. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in legal assistant/paralegal from Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	629	64
Ohio	612	70
Indiana	535	22
Wisconsin	435	6

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Rankings in Majors Related to Paralegal

Legal Assistant/Paralegal is one of 5 different types of Legal Support Services programs to choose from.

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.