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2024 Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Schools in the Far Western US Region

5 Colleges in the Far Western US Region
1,825 Paralegal Degrees Awarded
Legal Assistant/Paralegal is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #123 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,825 degrees in legal assistant/paralegal during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Schools in the Far Western US Region Your choice of legal assistant/paralegal school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for legal assistant/paralegal schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Associate Degrees in Paralegal

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 Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the paralegal degree levels they offer.

Top Far Western US Region Schools in Paralegal

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Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In OR
63 Paralegal Degrees Awarded

It's difficult to beat Portland Community College if you want to pursue a degree in legal assistant/paralegal. Portland Community College is a fairly large public college located in the large city of Portland.

There were about 63 legal assistant/paralegal students who graduated with this degree at Portland Community College in the most recent year we have data available.

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Cerritos College
Norwalk, CA
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
10th Most Popular In CA
56 Paralegal Degrees Awarded

Any student pursuing a degree in legal assistant/paralegal needs to take a look at Cerritos College. Cerritos College is a fairly large public college located in the suburb of Norwalk.

There were roughly 56 legal assistant/paralegal students who graduated with this degree at Cerritos College in the most recent data year.

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MTI College
Sacramento, CA
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
12th Most Popular In CA
22.7% Growth in Graduates

MTI College is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in legal assistant/paralegal. Located in the suburb of Sacramento, MTI College is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

There were about 22 legal assistant/paralegal students who graduated with this degree at MTI College in the most recent data year.

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Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
39th Most Popular In CA

Any student who is interested in legal assistant/paralegal has to take a look at South Coast College. South Coast College is a fairly small private for-profit college located in the medium-sized city of Orange.

There were about 2 legal assistant/paralegal students who graduated with this degree at South Coast College in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in legal assistant/paralegal from South Coast College

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Fremont College
Cerritos, CA
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
16th Most Popular In CA

Located in the large suburb of Cerritos, Fremont College is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

There were about 18 legal assistant/paralegal students who graduated with this degree at Fremont College in the most recent year we have data available.

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Explore the best legal assistant/paralegal colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
California 999 710
Washington 831 79
Oregon 587 72
Nevada 354 78
Hawaii 267 12
Alaska 167 11

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Court Reporting and Captioning 132
Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary 105
Scopist 3

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