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Oakland, CA (population: 412,612) has two administrative assistant schools within its city limits. Laney College, the highest ranked school in the city with an administrative assistant program, has a total student population of 13,627. It is the 4259th highest ranked school in the USA and the 395th highest in the state of California (#1 is University of California-Los Angeles).

Administrative Assistant students from Oakland schools who go on to become administrative assistants, dental assistants, medical secretaries, medical office assistants, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 22,336,450 people working as office and administrative support employees alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $32,990. Also, Switchboard operators, including answering service make on average $26,000 per year and there are about 146,980 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Oakland-Fremont-Hayward Metropolitan area alone, there are 1,130 employed switchboard operators, including answering service earning an average salary of $31,930. Office and administrative support employees in this area earn $40,470/yr and there are 169,390 employed.

Oakland lies in Alameda county, which is one of the 57 counties in California. Overall, the Oakland-Fremont-Hayward Metropolitan area has 990,570 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $26/hr average worker wage, and a $54,590 average annual salary. Thus, about 171 out of every 1000 jobs in Oakland are held by office and administrative support employees, and 1/1000 are held by switchboard operators, including answering service.

Of the 2 administrative assistant schools in Oakland, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Merritt College comes out as the most expensive ($9,221/yr) for administrative assistant students, with Laney College as the lowest, reported at only $7,253/yr.

Administrative Assistant Programs in Oakland


Laney College
  • Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
    Levels offered: Certificate, Associates
Merritt College
  • Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
    Levels offered: Associates
  • Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary

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