2025 Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

If you pursue a associate degree in legal assistant/paralegal, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #28 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 891 associate degrees in legal assistant/paralegal to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Legal Assistant/Paralegal School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of legal assistant/paralegal for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality paralegal program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

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 - How many other legal assistant/paralegal 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.
• 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 colleges for legal assistant/paralegal students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Legal Assistant/Paralegal Schools

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 Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Legal Assistant/Paralegal in the Far Western US Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for legal assistant/paralegal students seeking a an associate degree.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for an Associate in Paralegal

1

MTI College
Sacramento, CA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

25 Annual Graduates

MTI College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in legal assistant/paralegal. MTI College is a small private for-profit college located in the suburb of Sacramento.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from MTI College

2

Portland Community College
Portland, OR

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

33 Annual Graduates

Portland Community College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in legal assistant/paralegal. Portland Community College is a fairly large public college located in the city of Portland.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Portland Community College

3

Edmonds Community College
Lynnwood, WA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

23 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in legal assistant/paralegal has to look into Edmonds Community College. Located in the suburb of Lynnwood, Edmonds Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Edmonds Community College

4

Mt. San Antonio College
Walnut, CA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

40 Annual Graduates

Mt. San Antonio College is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in legal assistant/paralegal. Mt. SAC is a very large public college located in the large suburb of Walnut.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Mt. San Antonio College

5

Spokane Community College
Spokane, WA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Spokane, Spokane Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Spokane Community College

6

College of Southern Nevada
Las Vegas, NV

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

22 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Las Vegas, CSN is a public college with a very large student population.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from College of Southern Nevada

7

Tacoma Community College
Tacoma, WA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Tacoma, Tacoma Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Tacoma Community College

Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Colleges by State

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	405	689
Washington	288	79
Oregon	260	72
Nevada	185	78
Hawaii	79	12
Alaska	71	11

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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.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary	15
Court Reporting and Captioning	3

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.