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Brooklyn, New York has 43 accredited schools offering paralegal programs, with tuition ranging from $5,206 to $22,450 per year for indexed programs. Brooklyn has a population of about 2,629,150. In the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, the top-earning paralegal-related role is Lawyer at a median $208,880 annually (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer paralegal programs near Brooklyn, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from Brooklyn city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS data on every site update.
Every school list on this site is ordered by the BOC Score, computed from the most recent school-level data published by the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and IPEDS). To qualify, a school must be currently operating and accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Each eligible school is then scored on five measures, percentile-ranked against schools at the same credential level:
Schools without enough outcome data appear after ranked schools, without a score. On this page, schools are ordered by distance from Brooklyn. Advertising never affects these rankings. Read the full methodology.
Source:IPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source: IPEDS / College Scorecard (2023 cohort). Browse all New York schools on the New York paralegal page.
Brooklyn is part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area (BLS area code 35620). Where MSA-level wages are published, the table below shows MSA medians; otherwise it falls back to New York statewide.
| Occupation | Median Wage | Source | COL-Adjusted (US=100) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paralegal and Legal Assistant | $75,330 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $66,901 |
| Legal Secretary and Administrative Assistant | $75,920 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $67,425 |
| Lawyer | $208,880 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $185,506 |
Source: BLS, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data at the metro (MSA) and state level – not by individual city.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Regional Price Parity (US=100) | 112.6 (above U.S. average) | BEA RPP 2024 |
Our directory has 43 accredited schools offering paralegal programs near Brooklyn. The closest is CUNY New York City College of Technology in Brooklyn, NY (3.7 miles), and the farthest of the schools shown is Nassau Community College (19.3 miles). 8 of the highlighted schools are flagged as offering distance education.
Based on BLS OEWS May 2025 wage data, the top-paying paralegal-related roles near Brooklyn are: Lawyer ($208,880), Legal Secretary and Administrative Assistant ($75,920), Paralegal and Legal Assistant ($75,330). These reflect MSA-level medians where published, with New York statewide fallback for occupations not reported at the metro level.
New York, NY is 3.3 miles from Brooklyn and has its own set of local paralegal programs – see the city’s page. For online programs, distance matters less; for hybrid or in-person formats, comparing both can help.
Confirm institutional accreditation via the U.S. Department of Education database (U.S. Dept. of Education database), and check for any program-specific accreditation listed by the school.
Compare every accredited online degree program with city-level data for Brooklyn:
Data verified: August 11, 2026. Salary, employment, and tuition figures on this page are sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025; Employment Projections 2024–2034) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2023 cohort). The source agency and data year are cited inline with every statistic.
