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2023 Best Business Support & Assistance Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best Business Support & Assistant Services Associate Degree School for You

It's not easy to decide which business program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Business Degree Central has developed this Best Business Support & Assistance Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 51 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which associate degree programs offered the best educational experiences for business students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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2023 Best Business Support & Assistant Services Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for business support majors pursuing a associate degree.

Top 10 Best Business Support & Assistant Services Associate Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Madison Area Technical College the best school in the Great Lakes Region for business support & assistant services students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Madison, Madison College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Gateway Technical College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Business Support & Assistance Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Gateway Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Kenosha.

Business Support majors at Gateway Technical College take out an average of $21,060 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Fox Valley Technical College is a great place for business support & assistant services students working on their associate degree. FVTC is a large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Appleton.

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#4

Fox College

Tinley Park, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Fox College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Business Support & Assistance Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Fox College is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Tinley Park.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Herzing University - Akron. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Business Support & Assistance Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Herzing Akron is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Akron.

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Northcentral Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business support & assistant services students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. North Central Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Wausau.

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Northeast Wisconsin Technical College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Business Support & Assistance Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. NWTC is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Green Bay.

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Herzing University - Brookfield did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business support & assistant services students to get a associate degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Herzing University - Brookfield is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Brookfield.

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#9

Western Technical College

La Crosse, WI

Western Technical College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Business Support & Assistance Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of La Crosse, Western Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

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#10

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, IN

Ivy Tech Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Business Support & Assistance Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Ivy Tech Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

Business Support majors at Ivy Tech Community College take out an average of $14,489 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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Best Business Support & Assistant Services Colleges by State

Explore the best business support & assistant services colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 63
Ohio 150
Illinois 115
Indiana 67
Wisconsin 135

One of 21 majors within the business area of study, business support & assistant services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Business Support Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Customer Service Support/Call Center/Teleservice Operation 6,428
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science 6,267
Business & Office Technology 2,616
Executive Assistant/Executive Secretary 1,792
General Office Occupations and Clerical Services 1,693
Other Business Operations Support and Secretarial Services 418
Traffic, Customs, and Transportation Clerk/Technician 192
Parts, Warehousing, and Inventory Management Operations 168
Receptionist 112

Majors Similar to Business Support

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 403,753
Accounting 93,982
General Business/Commerce 56,779
Finance & Financial Management 54,690
Marketing 52,078

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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