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Administrative Assistant Schools in Tennessee

Tennessee contains 37 schools that offer administrative assistant programs. Tennessee Technology Center at Paris, the highest-ranking administrative assistant school in TN, has a total student population of 283 and is the 1516th highest ranked school in America.

Of the 37 administrative assistant schools in Tennessee, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, South College comes out as the most expensive ($22,450/yr), with Tennessee Technology Center at Jackson as the lowest recorded at only $3,564/yr.

Administrative Assistant students from Tennessee 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 Tennessee alone, there are 3,740 employed switchboard operators, including answering service earning an average yearly salary of $23,240. Office and administrative support employees in this state earn $30,220/yr and there are 451,830 employed.

Also, within the administrative assistant schools in Tennessee, the average student population is 2,002 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from administrative assistant, there are 4116 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,154 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,032, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Administrative Assistant Programs in Tennessee

West Tennessee Business College

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

Tennessee Technology Center at Covington

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Tennessee Technology Center at Jacksboro

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Walters State Community College

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates

South College

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  

Northeast State Technical Community College

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

Roane State Community College

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

National College of Business and Technology-Nashville

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Southwest Tennessee Community College

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Volunteer State Community College

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Pellissippi State Technical Community College

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Nashville State Technical Community College

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Cleveland State Community College

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

Virginia College-School of Business and Health

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  

Chattanooga State Technical Community College

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates

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Tennessee Interesting Facts

• The city of Kingston served as Tennessee's state capital for one day (September 21, 1807) as a result of treaties negotiated with the Cherokee Indians. The two-hour legislative session passed two resolutions and adjourned back to Knoxville.
• Andrew Johnson held every elective office at the local, state, and federal level, including President of the United States. He was elected alderman, mayor, state representative, and state senator from Greeneville. He served as governor and military governor of Tennessee and United States congressman, senator, and vice president, becoming President of the United States following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
• Iroquois, bred at Nashville's Belle Meade Plantation, was the first American winner of the English Derby in 1881. Such modern thoroughbreds as Secretariat trace their bloodlines to Iroquois.
• Actress-singer Polly Bergen, from Knoxville, is the first woman to serve on the Board of Directors of the Singer Sewing Machine Company.
• Tennessee won its nickname as The Volunteer State during the War of 1812 when volunteer soldiers from Tennessee displayed marked valor in the Battle of New Orleans.

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See Also

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