Business Support & Assistant Services at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

If you plan to study business support and assistant services, take a look at what Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is located in Perkinston, Mississippi and approximately 8,677 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Business Support & Assistant Services section at the bottom of this page.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Business Support & Assistant Services Degrees Available

• Undergrad Certificate in Business Support (1 - 4 Years)
• Associate’s Degree in Business Support

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Business Support & Assistant Services Rankings

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Business Support Student Demographics at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business support majors at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Business Support & Assistant Services Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of business support associate's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in business support at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College are white. Around 72% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College with a associate's in business support.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	31
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Business Support & Assistant Services

Business Support & Assistant Services majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	43

Related Majors

• Construction Management
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Business Administration & Management
• Hospitality Management
• Accounting

Careers That Business Support Grads May Go Into

A degree in business support can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MS, the home state for Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	22,230	$32,160
Customer Service Representatives	17,640	$28,210
Office Clerks	16,070	$28,290
Receptionists and Information Clerks	6,690	$26,370
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	2,570	$40,970

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.