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Business Support & Assistance at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

If you plan to study Business Support & Assistance, consider the program at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. We’ve gathered the following information to help you decide.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College sits in Perkinston, MS.

In the most recent year for which we have data, 158 business support & assistance degrees were awarded at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.

Online & Distance Learning at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Many students take online classes at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. Of 8,694 students, 2,064 (24%) were enrolled entirely in distance education and 2,768 (32%) took at least some classes online.

Business Support & Assistance Rankings at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Use these rankings to compare Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Business Support & Assistance program against peer institutions.

Associate-Level Rankings

Ranking	Scope	Rank
Best Schools (Quality)	Mississippi	#1 of 3
Best Schools (Quality)	Southeast (Region)	#1 of 67
Best Value	Mississippi	#2 of 3
Best Schools (Quality)	Nationwide	#24 of 209
Best Value	Southeast (Region)	#36 of 71
Best Value	Nationwide	#92 of 220

Median Debt at Graduation

The median debt for Business Support & Assistance graduates from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College stands at $16,382.

Student Demographics & Diversity

Take a look at the student demographics for Business Support & Assistance graduates at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, broken down by degree level.

Program-wide, Business Support & Assistance graduates at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College are 91% women (143) and 9% men (15).

Business Support & Assistance Associate’s Program at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Among the 40 associate’s business support & assistance degrees awarded at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, 90% were women (36) and 10% were men (4).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Business Support & Assistance associate’s degree recipients at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	31
Hispanic / Latino	3
Black / African American	3
Unknown	3

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 15% of Business Support & Assistance associate’s degree recipients at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, below the national average of 48%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

More Specific Business Support & Assistance Concentrations at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

This Business Support & Assistance program at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College breaks down into more specific concentrations:

Concentration	Graduates
General Administrative Assistant	158

Best-Paid Careers for Business Support & Assistance Graduates

Those who complete Business Support & Assistance program at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College go on to a range of careers. The table below ranks the top-paying careers for Business Support & Assistance graduates, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Security Management Specialists	$128,654
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	$113,637
Online Merchants	$106,971
Sustainability Specialists	$81,004
Customer Service Representatives	$62,906
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$62,885
Office Clerks, General	$62,233
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	$59,046
Order Clerks	$58,253
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	$57,361

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.