Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General

A program that generally prepares individuals to perform the duties of administrative assistants and/or secretaries and stenographers. Includes instruction in business communications, principles of business law, word processing and data entry, office machines operation and maintenance, office procedures, public relations, secretarial accounting, filing systems and records management, and report preparation.

For all the 4,106 degrees awarded in Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General annually, the majority of them are Associates degree. Out of the 99 students earning degrees at the Bachelors degree level across the US, 94% percent identify as women and 6% percent identify as men. While students at schools all over the US study Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General, Puerto Rico has the most graduates. The average starting salary for an undergraduate degree in Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General is $48,168.