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Administrative Assistant Schools in Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA (population: 1,445,993) has two administrative assistant schools within its city limits. Prism Career Institute, the highest ranked school in the city with an administrative assistant program, has a total student population of 473. It is the 1532nd highest ranked school in the USA and the 132nd highest in the state of Pennsylvania (#1 is University of Pennsylvania).

Administrative Assistant students from Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia Metropolitan area alone, there are 2,080 employed switchboard operators, including answering service earning an average salary of $27,320. Office and administrative support employees in this area earn $35,920/yr and there are 332,000 employed.

Philadelphia lies in Philadelphia county, which is one of the 32 counties in Pennsylvania. Overall, the Philadelphia Metropolitan area has 1,832,880 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.6% unemployment rate, $23.24/hr average worker wage, and a $48,340 average annual salary. Thus, about 181.134 out of every 1000 jobs in Philadelphia are held by office and administrative support employees, and 1.136/1000 are held by switchboard operators, including answering service.

Of the 2 administrative assistant schools in Philadelphia, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Lincoln Technical Institute comes out as the most expensive ($45,792/yr) for administrative assistant students, with Prism Career Institute as the lowest, reported at only $39,504/yr.

Administrative Assistant Programs in Philadelphia

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

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