Virginia Beach, VA (population: 439,564) has one administrative assistant school within its city limits. Bryant and Stratton College-Virginia Beach has a total student population of 752. It is the 5963rd highest ranked school in the USA and the 127th highest in the state of Virginia (#1 is Washington and Lee University).
Administrative Assistant students from Virginia Beach 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 Beach-Norfolk-Newport News-NC area alone, there are 790 employed switchboard operators, including answering service earning an average salary of $23,880. Office and administrative support employees in this area earn $30,990/yr and there are 121,170 employed.
Virginia Beach lies in Virginia Beach county, which is one of the 61 counties in Virginia. Overall, the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News-NC area has 735,390 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.9% unemployment rate, $19.28/hr average worker wage, and a $40,100 average annual salary. Thus, about 164.762 out of every 1000 jobs in Virginia Beach are held by office and administrative support employees, and 1.070/1000 are held by switchboard operators, including answering service.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Bryant and Stratton College-Virginia Beach ends up costing a student $13,972/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Virginia Beach |
| Chesapeake | VA | 223,315 | 5 | 26.9533 | 56 | 15.5 miles |
| Norfolk | VA | 234,477 | 11 | 21.2525 | 420 | 16.7 miles |
| Portsmouth | VA | 102,540 | 2 | 19.0088 | 64 | 19.6 miles |
| Hampton | VA | 147,560 | 2 | 15.4443 | 49 | 25.5 miles |
| Suffolk | VA | 84,501 | 2 | 10.9214 | 2 | 33.4 miles |
| Newport News | VA | 182,057 | 4 | 29.3064 | 58 | 35.1 miles |
| Petersburg | VA | - | 3 | 33.8633 | 70 | 82.5 miles |
| Weldon | NC | - | 1 | 13.6824 | 51 | 89.1 miles |
| Highland Springs | VA | - | 1 | 3.25189 | 0 | 90.3 miles |
| Richmond | VA | 198,179 | 22 | 25.9212 | 685 | 95.9 miles |