2023 Best Value Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Legal Professions Associate Degree School for You
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.
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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Legal Professions Associate Degree Colleges.
Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Legal Professions
Our analysis found Portland Community College to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Portland, Portland Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Portland Community College are $9,670 per year.
Portland Community College also claimed a spot on our Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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.
Cerritos 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.
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 city of Orange, South Coast College is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at South Coast College are $13,106 per 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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Out of the 6 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Fremont College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Fremont College is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Cerritos.
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 suburb of Sacramento, MTI College is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, MTI College also did well on our Best Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Best Legal Professions Colleges by State
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 |
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Legal Professions Related Majors for Legal Professions
Legal Professions Majors to Study
| 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 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Legal Professions
| 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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