2024 Best Business Support & Assistant Services Associate Degree Schools in Arkansas

If you plan on getting your associate degree in business support & assistant services, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #41 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Arkansas to determine which ones were the best for business support & assistant services students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 62 associate degrees in business support & assistant services to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Associate Degree Schools List

Average Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of associate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their associate degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to business support & assistant services students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other business support & assistant services students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for business support & assistant services to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized business support & assistant services related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for business support & assistant services students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Business Support & Assistant Services Associate Degree Schools in Arkansas ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Business Support & Assistant Services in Arkansas

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in business support & assistant services.

Top Arkansas Schools for an Associate in Business Support

1

University of Arkansas - Fort Smith
Fort Smith, AR

13 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in an associate degree in business support & assistant services has to take a look at University of Arkansas - Fort Smith. Located in the small city of Fort Smith, UAFS is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a associate in business support & assistant services from University of Arkansas - Fort Smith

2

Arkansas Tech University
Russellville, AR

23 Annual Graduates

$24,609 Median Starting Salary

$19,050 Median Student Debt

Arkansas Tech University is a good decision for individuals interested in an associate degree in business support & assistant services. Located in the town of Russellville, ATU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.

After graduation, business support associate recipients typically make an average of $24,609 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a associate in business support & assistant services from Arkansas Tech University

Best Business Support & Assistant Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Business Support & Assistant Services Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	143	117
Georgia	121	236
Florida	121	4
North Carolina	120	0
Tennessee	102	69
Virginia	97	156
West Virginia	92	5
Kentucky	90	24
Louisiana	80	80
South Carolina	77	184
Alabama	69	236

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Rankings in Majors Related to Business Support

One of 21 majors within the Business, Management & Marketing area of study, Business Support & Assistant Services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Business Support Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	49
Executive Assistant/Executive Secretary	13

Majors Similar to Business Support

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Business/Commerce	473
Business Administration & Management	254
Management Information Systems	33
Accounting	18
Hospitality Management	15
Other Business, Management & Marketing	10
Finance & Financial Management	9
Entrepreneurial Studies	4

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.