Find Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Legal Support Services

Find Schools Near

2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Legal Support Services in the New England Region

6 Ranked Colleges
150 Degrees Awarded
$20,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Legal Support Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Legal Support Schools for an Associate in the New England Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Legal Support Services is the 105th most popular major in the country with 10,854 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, legal support services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,484 and had an average of $23,785 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 384 legal support services graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,233 and $20,257 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 150 legal support services graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Legal Support Schools for an Associate in the New England Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in legal support services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent legal support services programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the legal support services program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Legal Support Schools for an Associate in the New England Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Legal Support Schools for an Associate in the New England Region.

#1

Manchester Community College

Manchester, Connecticut

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Manchester Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Legal Support Schools for an Associate in the New England Region. Manchester Community College is a small public school situated in Manchester, Connecticut. It awarded 17 associates’s legal support degrees in 2019-2020.

MCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Legal Support Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $7,142 for new england region associate degree legal support students per year to attend MCC.

Read full report on Legal Support Services at MCC

#2

Community College of Rhode Island

Warwick, Rhode Island

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Community College of Rhode Island. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Legal Support Schools for an Associate in the New England Region. This fairly large school is located in Warwick, Rhode Island, and it awarded 28 associates’s legal support degrees in 2019-2020.

CCRI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Legal Support Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Community College of Rhode Island is $5,878 for new england region associate degree legal support students.

Read more about Legal Support Services at Community College of Rhode Island

#3

NHTI-Concord's Community College

Concord, New Hampshire
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Legal Support Schools for an Associate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, NHTI-Concord’s Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. NHTI is located in Concord, New Hampshire and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 associates’s legal support degrees to qualified students.

NHTI also took the #6 spot in our “Best Legal Support Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for NHTI is $19,717 for New England Region Associate Degree Legal Support students.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Legal Support Services at NHTI-Concord’s Community College

#4

Roger Williams University

Bristol, Rhode Island
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Roger Williams University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Legal Support Schools for an Associate in the New England Region. Roger Williams University is located in Bristol, Rhode Island and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 31 associates’s legal support degrees to qualified students.

RWU also made our “Best Legal Support Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Roger Williams University is $36,456 for New England Region Associate Degree Legal Support students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full RWU Legal Support Services Report

#5

Bay Path University

Longmeadow, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Legal Support Schools for an Associate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bay Path University landed the #5 spot on the list. Bay Path is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. It awarded 4 associates’s legal support degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bay Path, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Legal Support Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $22,211 for New England Region Associate Degree Legal Support students per year to attend Bay Path University.

Read full report on Legal Support Services at Bay Path

#6

Suffolk University

Boston, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Suffolk University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Legal Support Schools for an Associate in the New England Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 1 associates’s legal support degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Suffolk, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Legal Support Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $30,701 for new england region associate degree legal support students per year to attend Suffolk.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Legal Support Services at Suffolk

Switch to a Different Ranking Method

Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Featured Paralegal / Legal Studies Schools

Find Schools Near You