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 Southwest Tennessee 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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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at Southwest paid an average of $692 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $168 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $4,032 | $16,608 |
| Fees | $311 | $311 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,545 | $1,545 |
Learn more about Southwest tuition and fees.
The median early career salary of business support students who receive their associate degree from Southwest is $23,803 per year. That is 5% higher than the national average of $22,731.
Southwest 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 Southwest Online Learning page.
Women made up around 93.8% of the business support students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 89.6%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 81.3% of the business support associate degrees at Southwest in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 46%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 13 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 3 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
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 | 16 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to business support and assistant services.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 28 |
| Accounting | 10 |
| Hospitality Management | 6 |
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.
