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Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools

2023 Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools

120 Colleges
$29,801 Avg Salary
$26,059 Avg Student Debt

Legal Professions is the #16 most popular major in the country with 61,055 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 120 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best associate degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Colleges.

#1

El Centro College

Dallas, TX

Our 2023 rankings named El Centro College the best school in the United States for legal professions students working on their associate degree. El Centro College is a very large public school located in the city of Dallas.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Anoka Technical College is a great place for legal professions students working on their associate degree. Located in the large suburb of Anoka, Anoka Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

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#3

Inver Hills Community College

Inver Grove Heights, MN

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Inver Hills Community College is a great place for legal professions students working on their associate degree. IHCC is a small public school located in the large suburb of Inver Grove Heights.

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Out of the 120 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Community College District landed the # 4 spot on the list. Austin Community College District is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Portland Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in the United States. Located in the large city of Portland, Portland Community College is a public school with a very large student population.

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Herzing University - Atlanta landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best associate degree legal professions programs. Herzing University - Atlanta is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Atlanta.

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#7

Cerritos College

Norwalk, CA

Cerritos College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools list. Cerritos College is a large public school located in the large suburb of Norwalk.

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Roger Williams University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#9

Berkeley College - Woodland Park

Woodland Park, NJ

Berkeley College - Woodland Park ranked #9 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools list. Located in the suburb of Woodland Park, Berkeley College - Woodland Park is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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Herzing University - Kenner did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for legal professions students to get a associate degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Kenner, Herzing University - Kenner is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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#11

Roosevelt University

Chicago, IL

Roosevelt University ranked #11 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Chicago, Roosevelt is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#12

Hodges University

Naples, FL

Hodges University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for legal professions students to get a associate degree. It came in at #12 on the list. Located in the small city of Naples, International College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Center for Advanced Legal Studies did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for legal professions students to get a associate degree. It came in at #13 on the list. Center for Advanced Legal Studies is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Houston.

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Herzing University - Akron came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools ranking. Located in the suburb of Akron, Herzing Akron is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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With a ranking of #15, Rasmussen University - Florida did quite well on this year’s best schools for legal professions students working on their associate degree. Rasmussen University - Florida is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the city of Ocala.

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#16

Valencia College

Orlando, FL

Valencia College landed the #16 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best associate degree legal professions programs. Valencia College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Orlando.

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Des Moines Area Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for legal professions students to get a associate degree. It came in at #17 on the list. DMACC is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Ankeny.

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With a ranking of #18, American Public University System did quite well on this year’s best schools for legal professions students working on their associate degree. American Military University is a very large private for-profit school located in the town of Charles Town.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional great schools for Legal Professions students that almost earned our Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
19 Kirkwood Community College Cedar Rapids, IA
20 Herzing University - Madison Madison, WI
21 North Hennepin Community College Brooklyn Park, MN
22 City Colleges of Chicago - Wilbur Wright College Chicago, IL
23 Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis, IN
24 Lewis and Clark Community College Godfrey, IL

View the Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Major Annual Graduates
Law 36,216
Legal Support Services 11,545
Legal Research 6,874
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 4,407
Legal Professions (Other) 2,013

Related Major Annual Graduates
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting 142,610
Public Administration & Social Service 98,583
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies 73,813
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences 4,477

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
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