2025 Best Business Support & Assistant Services Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Business Support & Assistant Services is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #41 most popular associate degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Business Support & Assistant Services Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 216 associate degrees in business support & assistant services during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Business Support & Assistant Services School for Your Associate Degree

The business support associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality business support program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to business support & assistant services students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other business support & assistant services students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for business support & assistant services to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized business support & assistant services related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for business support & assistant services students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Business Support & Assistant Services Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Business Support & Assistant Services in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in business support & assistant services.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for an Associate in Business Support

1

Harrisburg Area Community College
Harrisburg, PA

13 Annual Graduates

Harrisburg Area Community College is a great option for individuals pursuing an associate degree in business support & assistant services. Located in the small city of Harrisburg, HACC is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in business support & assistant services from Harrisburg Area Community College

2

Plaza College
Forest Hills, NY

18 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Plaza College if you wish to pursue an associate degree in business support & assistant services. Located in the city of Forest Hills, Plaza College is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.More information about a associate in business support & assistant services from Plaza College

3

Hostos Community College
Bronx, NY

18 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in an associate degree in business support & assistant services has to take a look at Hostos Community College. Located in the city of Bronx, Hostos is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a associate in business support & assistant services from Hostos Community College

4

Long Island Business Institute
Flushing, NY

88 Annual Graduates

$21,542 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in an associate degree in business support & assistant services has to look into Long Island Business Institute. Located in the city of Flushing, LIBI is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Soon after graduation, business support associate recipients usually earn about $21,542 in their early careers.

More information about a associate in business support & assistant services from Long Island Business Institute

Best Business Support & Assistant Services Colleges by State

Explore the best business support & assistant services colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	196	215
Pennsylvania	179	45
New Jersey	137	17
Maryland	126	12
District of Columbia	36	1

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Rankings in Majors Related to Business Support

One of 21 majors within the Business, Management & Marketing area of study, Business Support & Assistant Services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Business Support Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	109
Business & Office Technology	98
Executive Assistant/Executive Secretary	6
Other Business Operations Support and Secretarial Services	3

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	7,265
General Business/Commerce	3,288
Accounting	1,480
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	839
Hospitality Management	478
Marketing	348
Management Information Systems	335
Human Resource Management	322
Entrepreneurial Studies	134
Finance & Financial Management	60

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.