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

a bachelor's degree in legal assistant/paralegal is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #250 out of 1232 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Michigan to determine which ones were the best for legal assistant/paralegal students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 64 bachelor's degrees in legal assistant/paralegal during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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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 schools 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 Michigan list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

 

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

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for legal assistant/paralegal students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Michigan Schools for a Bachelor's in Paralegal

1

Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI

Basic Certificate Highest Degree Type

33 Annual Graduates

Grand Valley State University is a great option for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in legal assistant/paralegal. GVSU is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Allendale.More information about a bachelor’s in legal assistant/paralegal from Grand Valley State University

2

Madonna University
Livonia, MI

Undergraduate Certificate Highest Degree Type

6 Annual Graduates

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

2

Davenport University
Grand Rapids, MI

Graduate Certificate Highest Degree Type

8 Annual Graduates

Davenport University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in legal assistant/paralegal. Located in the large suburb of Grand Rapids, Davenport University is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in legal assistant/paralegal from Davenport University

Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	612	70
Illinois	558	47
Indiana	535	22
Wisconsin	435	6

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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.