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Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

2023 Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

6 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 in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Far Western US Region 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.

Our 2023 rankings named Portland Community College the best school in the Far Western US Region for legal professions students working on their associate degree. Located in the large city of Portland, Portland Community College is a public college with a very large student population.

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#2

Cerritos College

Norwalk, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Cerritos College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Cerritos College is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Norwalk.

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#3

MTI College

Sacramento, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend MTI College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the suburb of Sacramento, MTI College is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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#4

Fremont College

Cerritos, CA

Out of the 6 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Fremont College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Fremont College is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Cerritos.

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#5

South Coast College

Orange, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend South Coast College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Orange, South Coast College is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Humphreys University - Stockton and Modesto Campuses came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Humphreys University is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Stockton.

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Explore the best legal professions schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 6,896
Washington 892
Oregon 506
Hawaii 128
Nevada 265
Alaska 32

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 6 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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