Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General

Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services

What is it about?

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.

Numbers at a glance

628th
Popular nationwide
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Search Rank on O's List
12
Colleges offer it
115
Graduates (2018-19)
Men12%Women88%

Trends

Graduates
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Popularity Rank
Top1002003004005006007002002200420062008201020122014201620182020

Colleges

Number of Colleges by Type
Public5Private7
Median Graduating Class by College Type
Public12Private8
Number of Colleges by Size
Very Small2Small4Medium-Sized4Large2

O's Insights on Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General

  • Major has been decreasing in popularity over the last 15 years.
  • 53% of graduates come from public universities.

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