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Career Information for Paralegals And Legal Assistants in Missouri

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Fast Facts for Paralegals And Legal Assistants in Missouri

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Springfield, Kansas City, and St. Joseph
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Joplin, Jefferson City, and St. Louis
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: St. Louis, Kansas City, and Springfield

Salaries for Paralegals And Legal Assistants in Missouri

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Kansas City, St. Louis, and Springfield. (See table at bottom of page)

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

Selected Paralegal Training Schools in Missouri

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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Brown Mackie College
St. Louis

Offers degree and certificate programs in business, health care, legal assistance, and computer technology. Located at 18 campuses throughout the U.S.

  • Programs: Legal Studies, Paralegal, Paralegal Assistant
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Bachelor, Certificate, Diploma

Sanford Brown College
Fenton, Hazelwood

Students attend the school to gain practical skills directly useful in their chosen fields. Multiple campuses around St. Louis plus one in Milwaukee.

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

Everest College
Springfield

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

Vatterott College
Joplin, Kansas City, O'Fallon, Springfield, St. Ann, St. Joseph, Sunset Hills

Offers diploma and degree programs in health care, business, computer science, and technical fields. Located in several campus locations across the Midwest

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

National American University Campus
Independence, Kansas City, Lees Summit

Offers degree programs in business, health care, information technology, and much more. Located at twelve campuses throughout the Central U.S.

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

ITT Technical Institute
Arnold, Earth City, Kansas City, Online

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 Missouri

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
Brookline CollegeOnlineAssociateGet Info
Minnesota School of BusinessOnlineAssociate, Bachelor, CertificateGet Info
Stratford Career InstituteOnlineDiplomaGet Info
Anthem CollegeOnlineAssociateGet Info
Herzing CollegeOnlineAssociate, BachelorGet Info

More Missouri Paralegal Training Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Avila UniversityKansas CityMasters1,831
Drury UniversitySpringfieldMasters4,978
Maryville University of Saint LouisSaint LouisDoctorate3,422
Metropolitan Community College-Penn ValleyKansas CityAssociate4,540
Missouri Western State UniversitySaint JosephMasters5,342
Park UniversityParkvilleMasters13,259
Patricia Stevens CollegeSaint LouisBachelor150
Rockhurst UniversityKansas CityDoctorate3,124
Saint Louis Community College-Florissant ValleySaint LouisAssociate6,250
Saint Louis Community College-MeramecKirkwoodAssociate10,168
Webster UniversitySaint LouisDoctorate19,398
William Woods UniversityFultonMasters2,189

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Paralegals And Legal Assistants

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Missouri. 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

MISSOURI

   
Springfield460$37,4601.2
Kansas City2,310$49,3301.1
St. Joseph90$37,1001
St. Louis2,380$41,2100.8
Jefferson City90$32,8600.7
Joplin40$34,9600.3
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