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2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in California

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

In 2020-2021, 6,896 degrees and certificates were awarded to legal professions students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #20 most popular major in the state.

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To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 64 schools in California to see which associate degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Legal Professions program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for legal professions majors pursuing a associate degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Mt. San Antonio College the most popular school in California for legal professions students working on their associate degree. Located in the large suburb of Walnut, Mt. SAC is a public school with a very large student population.

About 77% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 23% are male.

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#2

San Diego Miramar College

San Diego, CA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means San Diego Miramar College is a great place for legal professions students working on their associate degree. San Diego Miramar College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Diego.

About 74% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 26% are male.

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#3

Santa Ana College

Santa Ana, CA

Out of the 64 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Santa Ana College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Santa Ana, SAC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 42 students majoring in legal professions at SAC, 36% are male and 64% are female.

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#4

American River College

Sacramento, CA

Out of the 64 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, American River College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Sacramento, American River is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 87% of the legal professions majors at the school.

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#5

Los Angeles City College

Los Angeles, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Los Angeles City College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Los Angeles City College is a public school with a large student population.

Of the 36 students majoring in legal professions at Los Angeles City College, 28% are male and 72% are female.

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#6

East Los Angeles College

Monterey Park, CA

East Los Angeles College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for legal professions students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. East Los Angeles College is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Monterey Park.

Of the 29 students majoring in legal professions at East Los Angeles College, 34% are male and 66% are female.

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#6

Fresno City College

Fresno, CA

Fresno City College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular associate degree legal professions programs. Fresno City College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Fresno.

About 79% of the students majoring in legal professions at the school are women while 21% are male.

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#8

Fullerton College

Fullerton, CA

Fullerton College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for legal professions students to get a associate degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Fullerton, Fullerton College is a public school with a large student population.

Of the 28 students majoring in legal professions at Fullerton College, 18% are male and 82% are female.

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#9

Oxnard College

Oxnard, CA

Oxnard College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular associate degree legal professions programs. Oxnard College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Oxnard.

Of the 27 students majoring in legal professions at Oxnard College, 7% are male and 93% are female.

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#10

Cerritos College

Norwalk, CA

With a ranking of #10, Cerritos College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for legal professions students working on their associate degree. Cerritos College is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Norwalk.

Of the 26 students majoring in legal professions at Cerritos College, 12% are male and 88% are female.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional popular schools for Legal Professions students in the state of California that almost earned our Most Popular Legal Professions Associate Degree Schools in California award.

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Explore all the Most Popular Legal Professions Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
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 26 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to The wub.

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