Bachelor’s Degrees in Business Support & Assistant Services

There are 40 schools in the United States where you can get your bachelor's degree in business support. Among those who recently graduated from the schools offering this degree, the majority were women, and 60% were students from underrepresented racial-ethnic groups. Also, 0.8% of business support graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Business Support Majors

During the 2019-2020 academic year, 367 students earned their bachelor's degree in business support. This makes it the 23rd most popular bachelor's degree program in the country.

The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in business support at each degree level.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Basic Certificate	9,552
Undergraduate Certificate	4,294
Associate Degree	3,542
Bachelor’s Degree	367

Earnings of Business Support Majors With Bachelor’s Degrees

The median salary for graduates holding a bachelor's degree in business support is $21,300. A lot of factors can contribute to this number, such as the location of your workplace and the availability of other perks and bonuses. A better approximation of salary is to look at the typical range of salaries. In this case the low is $18,100 and the high is $30,400.

Student Debt

The median student debt for graduates holding a bachelor's degree in business support is $15,666. The length of time it takes you to graduate and what college you attend can affect this number quite a bit. The chart below shows the range of accumulated debt loads. On the high side of the range, $16,751 is the debt load, and the debt load on the low side is $9,587.

Those students who are paying back their debt on a 10-year repayment plan have a median monthly payment of $163.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their bachelor's degree in business support. About 68.4% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender	Number of Grads
Men	116
Women	251

The racial-ethnic distribution of business support bachelor’s degree students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	4
Black or African American	27
Hispanic or Latino	187
White	74
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	72

Most Popular Business Support Programs for Bachelor’s Degrees

There are 40 colleges that offer a bachelor’s degree in business support. Learn more about the most popular 20 below:

Business Support Focus Areas

Major	Annual Degrees Awarded
Traffic, Customs & Transportation	135
Executive Assistant	116
General Administrative Assistant	88
Business & Office Technology	27
Warehousing & Inventory Management	1

Related Majors

Below are some popular majors that are similar to business support that offer bachelor’s degrees.

Major	Annual Degrees Awarded
Business Administration & Management	169,868
Accounting	52,477
Finance & Financial Management	48,043
Marketing	45,007
Business & Commerce	24,866

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.