2025 Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Legal Assistant/Paralegal is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #28 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 10 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 691 associate degrees in legal assistant/paralegal during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of various 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 complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for legal assistant/paralegal students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Legal Assistant/Paralegal Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Legal Assistant/Paralegal in the Great Lakes Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in legal assistant/paralegal.

10 Top Great Lakes Region Schools for an Associate in Paralegal

1

Ivy Tech Community College
Indianapolis, IN

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

51 Annual Graduates

Ivy Tech Community College is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in legal assistant/paralegal. Ivy Tech Community College is a fairly large public college located in the city of Indianapolis.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Ivy Tech Community College

2

Cuyahoga Community College District
Cleveland, OH

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

Cuyahoga Community College District is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in legal assistant/paralegal. Located in the city of Cleveland, Cuyahoga Community College District is a public college with a large student population.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Cuyahoga Community College District

3

Milwaukee Area Technical College
Milwaukee, WI

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

Milwaukee Area Technical College is a great choice for individuals pursuing an associate degree in legal assistant/paralegal. Located in the city of Milwaukee, MATC is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Milwaukee Area Technical College

4

Fox Valley Technical College
Appleton, WI

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Fox Valley Technical College is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in legal assistant/paralegal. Located in the suburb of Appleton, FVTC is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Fox Valley Technical College

5

College of DuPage
Glen Ellyn, IL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

Located in the large suburb of Glen Ellyn, COD is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from College of DuPage

6

City Colleges of Chicago - Wilbur Wright College
Chicago, IL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

33 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Chicago, Wilbur Wright College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from City Colleges of Chicago - Wilbur Wright College

7

Rasmussen University - Illinois
Rockford, IL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Rockford, Rasmussen University - Illinois is a private for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Rasmussen University - Illinois

8

Lewis and Clark Community College
Godfrey, IL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Lewis and Clark Community College is a small public college located in the small suburb of Godfrey.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Lewis and Clark Community College

9

Southwestern Illinois College
Belleville, IL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

Located in the large suburb of Belleville, SWIC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Southwestern Illinois College

10

Oakland Community College
Auburn Hills, MI

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

Located in the large suburb of Auburn Hills, Oakland Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Oakland Community College

Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Colleges by State

Explore the best legal assistant/paralegal colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	450	244
Michigan	410	92
Illinois	267	179
Wisconsin	224	98
Indiana	221	63

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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 Majors Related to Paralegal

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Legal Support Services	60
Court Reporting and Captioning	17
Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary	7

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.