by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Business Support & Assistant Services is a major offered under the business, management and marketing program of study at Portland Community College. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the associate degree program in business support, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Portland Community College was $258 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $123 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $4,428 | $9,288 |
| Fees | $382 | $382 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,731 | $1,731 |
Learn more about Portland Community College tuition and fees.
business support who receive their associate degree from Portland Community College make an average of $35,060 a year during the early days of their career. That is 54% higher than the national average of $22,731.
Portland Community College does not offer an online option for its business support associate degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Portland Community College Online Learning page.
Women made up around 90.9% of the business support students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 89.6%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 45.5% of the business support associate degrees at Portland Community College in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 46%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 3 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 5 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Business Support & Assistant Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science | 11 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to business support and assistant services.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 98 |
| Accounting | 52 |
| Marketing | 13 |
View All Business Support & Assistant Services Related Majors >
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
