Education & Training
Business Operations Support and Assistant Services
What can you do with this education or training? Here are the careers it prepares you for, what graduates typically earn and owe, and how many colleges offer it.
Careers this leads to
- Business Continuity Planners Bachelor's degree
- Cargo and Freight Agents Certificate or apprenticeship
- Correspondence Clerks Certificate or apprenticeship
- Customer Service Representatives High school diploma
- Data Entry Keyers High school diploma
- Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance High school diploma
- Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants Associate degree
- File Clerks Certificate or apprenticeship
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers Associate degree
- Freight Forwarders Bachelor's degree
- Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping Associate degree
- Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks High school diploma
- Office Clerks, General Certificate or apprenticeship
- Online Merchants Certificate or apprenticeship
- Order Clerks High school diploma
- Procurement Clerks Certificate or apprenticeship
- Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks High school diploma
- Receptionists and Information Clerks Certificate or apprenticeship
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Certificate or apprenticeship
- Security Management Specialists Bachelor's degree
- Word Processors and Typists High school diploma
Pay and debt by degree
| Degree or certificate | Yearly pay 1 year after finishing | Yearly pay 4 years after finishing | Typical debt | Colleges offering it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate | $31,717 | $32,370 | $9,500 | 854 |
| Associate degree | $40,968 | $36,909 | $19,284 | 651 |
| Bachelor's degree | $55,061 | $23,549 | $22,745 | 39 |
Median earnings of graduates who got federal student aid, and median federal loan debt at graduation, typical across U.S. colleges. Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education. Each college can differ a lot: take the quiz to see colleges near you.