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

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in legal assistant/paralegal, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #250 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 31 bachelor's degrees in legal assistant/paralegal during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to legal assistant/paralegal students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of legal assistant/paralegal students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized legal assistant/paralegal related body.

Our full 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.

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

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in legal assistant/paralegal.

Top Pennsylvania Schools for a Bachelor's in Paralegal

1

Widener University
Chester, PA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

7 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in legal assistant/paralegal has to check out Widener University. Located in the large suburb of Chester, Widener is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in legal assistant/paralegal from Widener University

2

Peirce College
Philadelphia, PA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in legal assistant/paralegal needs to take a look at Peirce College. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Peirce is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in legal assistant/paralegal from Peirce College

Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	707	83
Maryland	370	38
Delaware	224	23

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Legal Assistant/Paralegal Related Rankings by Major

One of 5 majors within the Legal Support Services area of study, Legal Assistant/Paralegal has other similar majors worth exploring.

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.