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Administrative Assistant Schools in Virginia

Virginia contains 27 schools that offer administrative assistant programs. Liberty University, the highest-ranking administrative assistant school in VA, has a total student population of 46,312 and is the 2962nd highest ranked school in America.

Of the 27 administrative assistant schools in Virginia, only 5 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Liberty University comes out as the most expensive ($19,574/yr), with Wytheville Community College as the lowest recorded at only $1,335/yr.

Administrative Assistant students from Virginia 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 Virginia alone, there are 2,900 employed switchboard operators, including answering service earning an average yearly salary of $24,900. Office and administrative support employees in this state earn $33,260/yr and there are 569,170 employed.

Also, within the administrative assistant schools in Virginia, the average student population is 3,287 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. Aside from administrative assistant, there are 3782 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,568 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,181, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Administrative Assistant Programs in Virginia

Liberty University

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Washington County Adult Skill Center

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

National College-Salem

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Bryant and Stratton College-Richmond

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Bryant and Stratton College-Virginia Beach

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
  

  Levels offered: Associates

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• Virginia was named for England's "Virgin Queen," Elizabeth I.
• The major cash crop of Virginia is tobacco and many of the people who live there earn their living from the tobacco industry.
• Jamestown, the first of the original 13 Colonies was founded for the purpose of silk cultivation. Silk to be traded with the Court of King James. After blight fungus destroyed the mulberry trees (silkworm food), sericulturist planted tobacco as a cash crop.
• Jamestown was the first English settlement in the U.S. It was also the first capital of Virginia.
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See Also

• Administrative Assistant Information
• Salary Details for a Dental Assistant
• Online Administrative Assistant Schools
• Online Administrative Assistant Programs
• Online Administrative Assistant Courses
• Online Administrative Assistant Certifications

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