2025 Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast 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.

College Factual reviewed 28 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of legal assistant/paralegal. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,228 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. 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 account for this we consider 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

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 Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

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

10 Top Southeast Region Schools for an Associate in Paralegal

1

Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

72 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale if you wish to pursue an associate degree in legal assistant/paralegal. Located in the medium-sized city of Fort Lauderdale, Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale

2

Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

85 Annual Graduates

Liberty University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in legal assistant/paralegal. Liberty University is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Lynchburg.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Liberty University

3

Palm Beach State College
Lake Worth, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in legal assistant/paralegal needs to take a look at Palm Beach State College. Palm Beach State College is a fairly large public college located in the large suburb of Lake Worth.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Palm Beach State College

4

Florida SouthWestern State College
Fort Myers, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Florida SouthWestern State College if you wish to pursue an associate degree in legal assistant/paralegal. Located in the large suburb of Fort Myers, FSW is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Florida SouthWestern State College

5

Rasmussen University - Florida
Ocala, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

26 Annual Graduates

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

6

Valencia College
Orlando, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

52 Annual Graduates

Valencia College is a very large public college located in the city of Orlando.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Valencia College

7

Hillsborough Community College
Tampa, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

30 Annual Graduates

HCC is a very large public college located in the large city of Tampa.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Hillsborough Community College

8

Seminole State College of Florida
Sanford, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

23 Annual Graduates

Seminole State is a large public college located in the small city of Sanford.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Seminole State College of Florida

9

Florida State College at Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

25 Annual Graduates

FSCJ is a very large public college located in the large city of Jacksonville.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Florida State College at Jacksonville

10

Broward College
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

36 Annual Graduates

Located in the midsize city of Fort Lauderdale, BC is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Broward College

Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Colleges by State

Explore the best legal assistant/paralegal schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	272	74
Florida	232	527
North Carolina	231	160
Georgia	217	147
West Virginia	180	73
Tennessee	170	72
Arkansas	161	24
Virginia	158	205
Kentucky	129	11
Louisiana	124	42
Alabama	109	27
South Carolina	105	137

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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
Court Reporting and Captioning	10

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.