Paralegal Certificate Program
Students enrolling in the paralegal certificate program are entitled to various payment plan options. Tuition is only charged for courses taken at NPC, so you can save if you are using transfer credit. Use the tuition calculator below to calculate your total tuition and fees and view the payment plans that are available to you.
Tuition Calculator: Paralegal Certificate
First, determine how many credits you need to take at NPC.
| Paralegal Courses |
I plan to transfer credit for legal courses, giving me 0 credits. Thus, I need to take 24 credits of legal courses at NPC. |
Total credits needed at NPC: 24 |
24 credits at $325 per credit comes to $7,800.
| Tuition and Fees |
| Tuition: |
$7,800 |
| Resource fee: |
$95 |
| LexisNexis account fee: |
$100 |
| Total tuition and fees: |
$7,995 |
This $7,995 is due over 24 months, regardless of how many courses you take at a time. The payment options are calculated by applying an annual percentage rate of 10%. The prepayment discount is 45% off the present value of the tuition and fees.
Your payment options are as follows:
Associate of Paralegal Studies Program
Students enrolling in the associate of paralegal studies program are entitled to various payment plan options. Tuition is only charged for courses taken at NPC, so you can save if you are using transfer credit. Use the tuition calculator below to calculate your total tuition and fees and view the payment plans that are available to you.
Tuition Calculator: Associate of Paralegal Studies
First, determine how many credits you need to take at NPC.
| Paralegal Courses | General Education Courses |
I plan to transfer credit for legal courses, giving me 0 credits. Thus, I need to take 36 credits of legal courses at NPC. | What kinds of courses can fulfill the general education requirement? I plan to transfer credit for general education courses, giving me 0 credits. Thus, I need to take 24 credits of general education courses at NPC. |
Total credits needed at NPC: 60 |
60 credits at $325 per credit comes to $19,500.
| Tuition and Fees |
| Tuition: |
$19,500 |
| Resource fee: |
$95 |
| LexisNexis account fee: |
$100 |
| Total tuition and fees: |
$19,695 |
This $19,695 is due over 60 months, regardless of how many courses you take at a time. The payment options are calculated by applying an annual percentage rate of 10%.
Your payment options are as follows:
Bachelor of Science in Legal Studies Program
Students enrolling in the bachelor of science in legal studies program are entitled to various payment plan options. Tuition is only charged for courses taken at NPC, so you can save if you are using transfer credit. Use the tuition calculator below to calculate your total tuition and fees and view the payment plans that are available to you.
Tuition Calculator: Bachelor of Science in Legal Studies
First, determine how many credits you need to take at NPC.
| Paralegal Courses | General Education Courses |
I plan to transfer credit for legal courses, giving me 0 credits. Thus, I need to take 48 credits of legal courses at NPC. | What kinds of courses can fulfill the general education requirement? I plan to transfer credit for general education courses, giving me 0 credits. Thus, I need to take 72 credits of general education courses at NPC. |
Total credits needed at NPC: 120 |
120 credits at $325 per credit comes to $39,000.
| Tuition and Fees |
| Tuition: |
$39,000 |
| Resource fee: |
$95 |
| LexisNexis account fee: |
$100 |
| Total tuition and fees: |
$39,195 |
This $39,195 is due over 120 months, regardless of how many courses you take at a time. The payment options are calculated by applying an annual percentage rate of 10%.
Your payment options are as follows:
Bachelor of Business Administration Program
Students enrolling in the bachelor of business administration program are entitled to various payment plan options. Tuition is only charged for courses taken at NPC, so you can save if you are using transfer credit. Use the tuition calculator below to calculate your total tuition and fees and view the payment plans that are available to you.
Tuition Calculator: Bachelor of Business Administration
First, determine how many credits you need to take at NPC.
| Courses |
I plan to transfer credit for courses, giving me 0 credits. Thus, I need to take 120 credits of courses at NPC. |
Total credits needed at NPC: 120 |
120 credits at $325 per credit comes to $39,000.
| Tuition and Fees |
| Tuition: |
$39,000 |
| Resource fee: |
$95 |
| LexisNexis account fee: |
$100 |
| Total tuition and fees: |
$39,195 |
This $39,195 is due over 120 months, regardless of how many courses you take at a time. The payment options are calculated by applying an annual percentage rate of 10%.
Your payment options are as follows:
Individual Courses
| Tuition cost per individual course: |
$975 |
| One-time resource fee: |
$95 |
| One-time LexisNexis account fee: |
$100 |
Textbooks
100-level paralegal courses use NPC's custom-developed online courseware. Access to this courseware is included in your tuition.
For other courses, you will need to purchase textbooks.
Textbook costs vary from course to course; the estimated average cost of a new (unused) textbook is
$75
per course. A detailed list of the textbooks required for each course, with links to retailers from which they can be purchased, can be found
here.
Some online retailers also offer used textbooks, and the
NPC
message boards include a forum for students looking to buy used textbooks from fellow students. This can significantly bring the cost down.
Net Cost of Attendance per Academic Year
| Estimated tuition and fees: |
$7,995 |
| Estimated cost of books and supplies: |
$994 |
For more information on the net cost of attendance per academic year, please see our
Net Price Calcualator.
Transfer Credit Policy
Transfer credit is accepted at NPC, within the limits specified in each program description, provided that the credits were earned from one of the following:
- a course taken at a nationally or regionally accredited college on which the student earned a grade of "C" or above
- a method recommended for credit by the American Council on Education (such as CLEP exams or certain advanced placement credits)
There is a
residency exception for active duty service members.
Military Tuition Assistance
Use your Montgomery GI Bill® Benefits at NPC
National Paralegal College is approved by the State Approving Agency of the Arizona Office of Veterans' Education. Eligible veterans are encouraged to contact the Veterans Administration to find out how their Montgomery GI Bill benefits can be used to obtain a paralegal certificate or degree at NPC.
VA education benefits eligibility and payment rates vary depending on each individual's military history and educational program. Only the DVA can determine VA applications eligibility.
GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government Web site at
https://www.benefits.va.gov/gibill.
Per the Title 38 United States Code Section 3679(e), National Paralegal College will not impose any penalty, including the assessment of late fees, the denial of access to classes, libraries, or other institutional facilities, or the requirement that a covered individual borrow additional funds, on any covered individual because of the individual’s inability to meet his or her financial obligations to the institution due to the delayed disbursement funding from VA under chapter 31 or 33.
The College Financing Plan sheets below contain additional information about our degree programs:
DANTES – for Active Duty Service Members
National Paralegal College is
affiliated
with
DANTES,
and active duty service members are eligible to have their tuition covered by the military. Please speak to your education services officer for more information.
Purple Heart Scholarship Fund
Once every two months, a full scholarship is available for a service member or veteran who has been wounded in the line of duty. Please call our office at 1-800-371-6105 or e-mail us at
bursar@nationalparalegal.edu
for more information.
No-Obligation Free Trial
National Paralegal College offers a two-week no-obligation free trial to all accepted students with access to course materials, message boards, interactive classrooms and chat rooms. Simply fill out our online application and we will promptly email you a login name and password to access our system.
We are fully confident that once you try our program, you will elect to go on and earn your paralegal degree or certificate!