If you plan on majoring in office administration, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #303 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 74 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Office Administration Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 4,076 degrees in office administration to qualified students.
Your choice of office administration school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Office Administration School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Office Administration Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Office Administration in the United States
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the office management degree levels they offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Southern Methodist University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in office administration. Located in the suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #73 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means SMU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 117 office administration students who graduated with this degree at SMU in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in office administration needs to look into Loyola University Chicago. Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #137 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Loyola Chicago is a great university overall.
There were roughly 86 office administration students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Chicago in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Coastline Community College if you wish to pursue a degree in office administration. Coastline Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the small city of Fountain Valley. This college ranks 85th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 7 office administration students who graduated with this degree at Coastline Community College in the most recent data year.
Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global is a great option for students pursuing a degree in office administration. Located in the rural area of Marion, IWU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #291 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means IWU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 4 office administration students who graduated with this degree at IWU in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in office administration has to look into Cerritos College. Cerritos College is a fairly large public college located in the suburb of Norwalk. A Best Colleges rank of #375 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Cerritos College is a great college overall.
There were about 50 office administration students who graduated with this degree at Cerritos College in the most recent data year.
UW - Whitewater is a large public university located in the town of Whitewater. A Best Colleges rank of #359 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UW - Whitewater is a great university overall.
There were about 65 office administration students who graduated with this degree at UW - Whitewater in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Madison, Madison College is a public college with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #419 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Madison College is a great college overall.
There were approximately 71 office administration students who graduated with this degree at Madison College in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Jacksonville, FSCJ is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 17th out of 77 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 70 office administration students who graduated with this degree at FSCJ in the most recent year we have data available.
BC is a very large public college located in the midsize city of Fort Lauderdale. This college ranks 16th out of 77 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 71 office administration students who graduated with this degree at BC in the most recent data year.
WCTC is a medium-sized public college located in the large suburb of Pewaukee. This college ranks 23rd out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were about 4 office administration students who graduated with this degree at WCTC in the most recent data year.
Pasadena City College is a fairly large public college located in the medium-sized city of Pasadena. A Best Colleges rank of #380 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Pasadena City College is a great college overall.
There were about 10 office administration students who graduated with this degree at Pasadena City College in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Orlando, Valencia College is a public college with a very large student population. This college ranks 14th out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 197 office administration students who graduated with this degree at Valencia College in the most recent year we have data available.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Office Administration Schools award.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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Your choice of office administration school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Office Administration School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
