by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Support Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Legal Support Services is the 106th most popular major in the country with 11,545 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, legal support services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,370 and had an average of $27,882 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,543 legal support services graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,652 and $24,575 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 175 legal support services graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Support Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in legal support services. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their legal support services program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree legal support students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Peirce College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Support Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Peirce is a small school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 17 bachelors’s legal support degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stevenson University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Support Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Stevenson University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Stevenson, Maryland. The school has a small population, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend SUNY Canton. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Support Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. SUNY Canton is located in Canton, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 bachelors’s legal support degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Support Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wesley College landed the #3 spot on the list. Wesley College is located in Dover, Delaware and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s legal support degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Support Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New York City College of Technology landed the #5 spot on the list. City Tech is located in Brooklyn, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 51 bachelors’s legal support degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #6, Hilbert College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Support Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Hilbert College is a small school located in Hamburg, New York that handed out 2 bachelors’s legal support degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #7, Daemen College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Support Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Daemen College is located in Amherst, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s legal support degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% 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%.
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Widener University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Support Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #8. Widener is located in Chester, Pennsylvania and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s legal support degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Wilmington University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Support Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Wilmington University is a fairly large school located in New Castle, Delaware that handed out 14 bachelors’s legal support degrees in 2020-2021.
Gannon University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Support Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #10. Gannon is located in Erie, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s legal support degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Clarion University of Pennsylvania landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Legal Support Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Clarion, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s legal support degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
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