2025 Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Ranked #28 in popularity, legal assistant/paralegal is one of the most sought-after associate degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for legal assistant/paralegal students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 134 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. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

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 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 complete 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

The paralegal school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Legal Assistant/Paralegal in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in legal assistant/paralegal.

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for an Associate in Paralegal

1

Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake City, UT

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

25 Annual Graduates

Salt Lake Community College is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in legal assistant/paralegal. Salt Lake Community College is a very large public college located in the suburb of Salt Lake City.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Salt Lake Community College

2

Community College of Denver
Denver, CO

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in legal assistant/paralegal needs to look into Community College of Denver. Located in the large city of Denver, CCD is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Community College of Denver

3

Pikes Peak Community College
Colorado Springs, CO

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

Pikes Peak Community College is a wonderful option for individuals interested in an associate degree in legal assistant/paralegal. PPCC is a large public college located in the large suburb of Colorado Springs.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Pikes Peak Community College

4

Front Range Community College
Westminster, CO

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

Front Range Community College is a wonderful option for students interested in an associate degree in legal assistant/paralegal. Located in the large suburb of Westminster, FRCC is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Front Range Community College

Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Colleges by State

Explore the best legal assistant/paralegal colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Utah	238	36
Idaho	219	15
Wyoming	217	7
Colorado	182	63
Montana	148	4

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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.

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.