2024 Best Legal Support Services Associate Degree Schools in Iowa

Legal Support Services is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #26 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Iowa to determine which ones were the best for legal support services students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 50 associate degrees in legal support services to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of associate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their associate degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on legal support services students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other legal support services students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• 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.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for legal support services to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized legal support services related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for legal support services students working on their associate 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 Support Services Associate Degree Schools in Iowa list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Legal Support Services in Iowa

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for legal support services students seeking a an associate degree.

Top Iowa Schools for an Associate in Legal Support

1

Des Moines Area Community College
Ankeny, IA

19 Annual Graduates

$37,885 Median Starting Salary

$12,250 Median Student Debt

Des Moines Area Community College is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in legal support services. DMACC is a very large public college located in the large suburb of Ankeny.

Those legal support services students who get their associate degree from Des Moines Area Community College make $6,404 more than the typical legal support student.

More information about a associate in legal support services from Des Moines Area Community College

2

Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids, IA

25 Annual Graduates

$32,373 Median Starting Salary

$25,083 Median Student Debt

It is difficult to beat Kirkwood Community College if you want to pursue an associate degree in legal support services. Kirkwood Community College is a fairly large public college located in the city of Cedar Rapids.

Associate graduates who receive their degree from the legal support program make an average of $32,373 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a associate in legal support services from Kirkwood Community College

Best Legal Support Services Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Legal Support Services Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	151	67
Kansas	146	27
Missouri	117	60
Nebraska	98	16
South Dakota	93	0
North Dakota	92	7

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Rankings in Majors Related to Legal Support

Legal Support Services is one of 4 different types of Legal Professions programs to choose from.

Legal Support Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	42
Court Reporting and Captioning	8

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.