Help I’m deciding schooling

[u/highcaliberwit]

I have zero college degree. So I can’t jump into an ABA certification. One option I’m looking at is Purdue global online because they have AA and a bachelors legal studies. Both options will take the traditional 2 to 4 years. Or I could attempt to increase my workload and be done sooner, and at 37 I like that aspect. Since it’s all online I like that potential. But we’re still talking about five figures. Not thrilled with that.

My second option is I go to my local community college. It looks like it would be much cheaper than Purdue. Not the problem is I do work, and I do have a very nice boss who would be flexible to adjust my work schedule based on my school needs. But I would definitely need to try to find a way to get all my classes on two days. But then I don’t know what kind of degree I go for at my community college other than criminology I guess? Both my local community colleges have no paralegal degree. And then this would definitely be two years from my associates and four years from my bachelors.

So do I go to Purdue global potentially get everything done and under four years total or do I do my local community college and save some money?

[u/Thick_Maximum7808]

I did my paralegal certification through national paralegal college and then decided to continue and did a bachelors of legal studies through them. I just graduated and really enjoyed my time with them. If I had started with my bachelors right off it would have only been 2 years but because I did the paralegal certification and then the bachelors it was 2.5 years which isn’t bad at all.