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Career Information for Paralegals And Legal Assistants in California

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Fast Facts for Paralegals And Legal Assistants in California

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: San Francisco, Napa, and San Jose
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Bakersfield, Redding, and Stockton
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: San Francisco, Santa Ana, and San Diego

Salaries for Paralegals And Legal Assistants in California

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Stockton, San Francisco, and San Jose. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Paralegals And Legal Assistants in California are listed below.

Selected Paralegal Training Schools in California

These schools offer particularly quick info upon request, and we have written detailed profiles for each (click school names to see the profiles).

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Everest College
Anaheim, City of Industry, Los Angeles, Ontario

Offers certificate programs, degree programs, and courses in 11 U.S. states with more than 35 locations. Online programs are also available.

  • Programs: Legal Assistant/Paralegal, Paralegal, Paralegal , Paralegal - Associate Degree, Paralegal Communications, ...
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Bachelor, Diploma
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Platt College
Los Angeles, Ontario

Offers undergraduate degree and certificate programs in a wide variety of fields. Located on four California campuses and also in Oklahoma, Colorado, and Texas

  • Programs: Paralegal Studies
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Bachelor
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Heald College
Concord, Fresno, Hayward, Milpitas, Rancho Cordova, Roseville, Salinas, San Francisco, Stockton

Offers associate degree, certificate and diploma programs in business, healthcare, and technology. Located at 11 campuses in California, Oregon and Hawaii

  • Programs: Paralegal
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Empire College
Santa Rosa

Offers graduate and undergraduate degree programs in a variety of fields. Located in Santa Rosa, California.

  • Programs: Legal Secretary, Paralegal
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Diploma

Charter College
Canyon Country, Lancaster, Long Beach

Offers undergraduate degree programs in business, IT, and medical fields. Located in Anchorage, Alaska and Wasilla, Alaska.

  • Programs: Legal Assistant
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

ITT Technical Institute
Anaheim, Lathrop, Online, Oxnard, Rancho Cordova, San Bernardino, San Diego, Sylmar, Torrance, West Covina

With over 100 campuses in 34 states nationwide and online programs offered as well, the ITT Technical Institutes may have a program that is convenient for you. ITT Tech is dedicated to teaching technology.

  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Selected Online Schools for Paralegals and Legal Assistants in California

SchoolLocationsDegreesQuick Info
Keiser University eCampus OnlineOnlineAssociate, BachelorGet Info
Virginia College OnlineOnlineAssociateGet Info
Grand Canyon UniversityOnlineMasterGet Info
South UniversityOnlineAssociate, BachelorGet Info
Berkeley College OnlineOnlineAssociateGet Info
Kaplan University OnlineOnlineAssociate, Bachelor, Certificate, MasterGet Info
Colorado Technical University OnlineOnlineAssociateGet Info
Everest University OnlineOnlineAssociate, BachelorGet Info
Ashworth CollegeOnlineAssociateGet Info
Herzing University OnlineOnlineAssociate, BachelorGet Info
Brookline CollegeOnlineAssociateGet Info
Minnesota School of BusinessOnlineAssociate, Bachelor, CertificateGet Info
Stratford Career InstituteOnlineDiplomaGet Info
Anthem CollegeOnlineAssociateGet Info
Herzing CollegeOnlineAssociate, BachelorGet Info

More California Paralegal Training Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
American River CollegeSacramentoAssociate33,821
Antelope Valley Medical CollegeLancasterAssociate834
Canada CollegeRedwood CityAssociate5,764
Cerritos CollegeNorwalkAssociate22,273
Cerro Coso Community CollegeRidgecrestAssociate4,577
Chaffey CollegeRancho CucamongaAssociate18,736
Chapman UniversityOrangeDoctorate6,022
City College of San FranciscoSan FranciscoAssociate46,411
Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremontBachelor1,135
Coastline Community CollegeFountain ValleyAssociate9,316
College of the CanyonsSanta ClaritaAssociate17,499
College of the RedwoodsEurekaAssociate6,025
College of the SequoiasVisaliaAssociate11,697
Cuesta CollegeSan Luis ObispoAssociate10,920
Cuyamaca CollegeEl CajonAssociate9,358
De Anza CollegeCupertinoAssociate24,115
El Camino CollegeTorranceAssociate24,895
Evergreen Valley CollegeSan JoseAssociate8,707
Foothill CollegeLos Altos HillsAssociate18,132
Fresno City CollegeFresnoAssociate21,624
Fullerton CollegeFullertonAssociate20,719
Humphreys College-StocktonStocktonBachelors & First Professional756
John F Kennedy UniversityPleasant HillDoctorate1,565
Los Angeles City CollegeLos AngelesAssociate17,204
Los Angeles Mission CollegeSylmarAssociate8,493
Los Angeles Southwest CollegeLos AngelesAssociate6,095
Merced CollegeMercedAssociate10,890
Merritt CollegeOaklandAssociate6,944
MiraCosta CollegeOceansideAssociate10,682
Mount Jacinto CollegeSan JacintoAssociate14,197
Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnutAssociate29,842
MTI CollegeSacramentoAssociate619
Napa Valley CollegeNapaAssociate7,169
National UniversityLa JollaMasters26,363
Oxnard CollegeOxnardAssociate6,803
Palomar CollegeSan MarcosAssociate27,222
Pasadena City CollegePasadenaAssociate26,672
Pitzer CollegeClaremontBachelor999
Riverside Community CollegeRiversideAssociate30,961
Saint Marys College of CaliforniaMoragaDoctorate3,801
San Bernardino Valley CollegeSan BernardinoAssociate12,839
San Diego City CollegeSan DiegoAssociate17,013
San Diego Miramar CollegeSan DiegoAssociate10,650
Santa Ana CollegeSanta AnaAssociate33,514
Santa Barbara Business College BakersfieldBakersfieldAssociate482
Santa Barbara Business College Santa MariaSanta MariaAssociate165
Santa Barbara Business College VenturaVenturaAssociate335
Shasta CollegeReddingAssociate9,102
Skyline CollegeSan BrunoAssociate8,359
University of California-BerkeleyBerkeleyDoctorate & First Professional34,940
University of California-Santa BarbaraSanta BarbaraDoctorate21,410
University of California-Santa CruzSanta CruzDoctorate15,825
University of La VerneLa VerneDoctorate & First Professional7,370
University of San DiegoSan DiegoDoctorate7,504
Victor Valley CollegeVictorvilleAssociate10,149
West Los Angeles CollegeCulver CityAssociate9,975
West Valley CollegeSaratogaAssociate11,210

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Paralegals And Legal Assistants

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for California. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Paralegals and Legal Assistants relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

CALIFORNIA

   
San Francisco3,570$62,1701.7
Napa130$55,1501.1
San Jose1,970$61,9201
Santa Ana2,820$56,8000.9
Oakland1,760$57,4100.8
San Diego2,230$55,9700.8
Oxnard480$55,2300.8
Sacramento1,410$52,4400.8
Modesto230$51,6000.7
Chico90$34,5400.7
Fresno470$50,9200.7
Visalia170$34,8300.6
Salinas150$44,8300.5
Santa Cruz80$57,3000.5
Vallejo110$54,7300.5
Riverside1,110$52,3900.4
Santa Rosa150$48,4900.4
Stockton140$65,8900.3
Redding40$53,2200.3
Bakersfield160$53,6000.3
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