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

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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$10,934 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,801 Avg Salary

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for legal professions students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Portland Community College are $9,670 a year.

Portland Community College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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#2

Cerritos College

Norwalk, CA

The excellent associate degree programs at Cerritos College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in the Far Western US Region . Cerritos College is a large public school located in the large suburb of Norwalk.

Cerritos College undergraduate students pay an average of $10,026 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Cerritos College also is in the top 20% of our Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking.

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#3

South Coast College

Orange, CA

Out of the 6 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. Located in the medium-sized city of Orange, South Coast College is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Humphreys University - Stockton and Modesto Campuses. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Humphreys University is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Stockton.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Humphreys University are $14,580 a year.

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#5

Fremont College

Cerritos, CA

The excellent associate degree programs at Fremont College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in the Far Western US Region . Fremont College is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Cerritos.

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#5

MTI College

Sacramento, CA

The excellent associate degree programs at MTI College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value legal professions schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large suburb of Sacramento, MTI College is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

MTI College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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Explore the best legal professions colleges 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.

  • 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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