2025 Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Associate Degree Schools in Virginia

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.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for legal assistant/paralegal students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 203 associate degrees in legal assistant/paralegal during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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

The paralegal associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on legal assistant/paralegal students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of legal assistant/paralegal students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Associate Degree Schools in Virginia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Legal Assistant/Paralegal in Virginia

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

Top Virginia Schools for an Associate in Paralegal

1

Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

85 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Liberty University if you want to pursue an associate degree in legal assistant/paralegal. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Liberty University

2

Reynolds Community College
Richmond, VA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

33 Annual Graduates

Reynolds Community College is a good option for individuals interested in an associate degree in legal assistant/paralegal. Located in the large suburb of Richmond, Reynolds Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Reynolds Community College

3

Northern Virginia Community College
Annandale, VA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

37 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in legal assistant/paralegal needs to look into Northern Virginia Community College. Located in the suburb of Annandale, Northern Virginia Community College is a public college with a very large student population.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Northern Virginia Community College

4

Tidewater Community College
Norfolk, VA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Tidewater Community College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in legal assistant/paralegal. Tidewater Community College is a large public college located in the medium-sized city of Norfolk.More information about a associate in legal assistant/paralegal from Tidewater Community College

Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Legal Assistant/Paralegal Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that 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
Kentucky	129	11
Louisiana	124	42
Alabama	109	27
South Carolina	105	137

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Rankings in Majors Related to Paralegal

Legal Assistant/Paralegal is one of 5 different types of Legal Support Services programs to choose from.

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.