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2023 Best Value Legal Support Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$10,934 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,075 Avg Salary

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, legal support services was ranked #106 in the country. In fact 11,545 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Legal Support Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which undergraduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for legal support students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for legal support majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named Portland Community College the best value school in the Far Western US Region for legal support services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Portland Community College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Portland.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Portland Community College are $9,670 per year.

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#2

Cerritos College

Norwalk, CA

Out of the 3 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cerritos College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Norwalk, Cerritos College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Cerritos College are $10,026 a year. The average amount in student loans that legal support majors at Cerritos College take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $17,788.

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#3

South Coast College

Orange, CA

Out of the 3 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, South Coast College landed the # 3 spot on the list. South Coast College is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Orange.

South Coast College undergraduate students pay an average of $13,106 in tuition and fees each year.

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Explore the best legal support services colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 827
Washington 105
Oregon 72
Nevada 78
Hawaii 12
Alaska 14

Legal Support Services is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Law 36,216
Legal Research 6,874
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 4,407
Legal Professions (Other) 2,013

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • 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.

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