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Business Support & Assistant Services at William Rainey Harper College

Business Support & Assistant Services at William Rainey Harper College

If you plan to study business support & assistant services, take a look at what William Rainey Harper College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Harper College is located in Palatine, Illinois and approximately 12,199 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Business Support & Assistant Services section at the bottom of this page.

Harper College Business Support & Assistant Services Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Business Support (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Associate’s Degree in Business Support

Harper College Business Support & Assistant Services Rankings

Business Support Student Demographics at Harper College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business support majors at William Rainey Harper College.

Harper College Business Support & Assistant Services Associate’s Program

36% Women
57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 64% of business support associate's degrees went to men and 36% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in business support only graduates about 34% men each year. The program at Harper College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 30% more women than average.

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Harper College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in business support graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from William Rainey Harper College with a associate's in business support.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 5
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Business Support & Assistant Services

The following business support concentations are available at William Rainey Harper College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from William Rainey Harper College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Parts, Warehousing, and Inventory Management Operations 13

Careers That Business Support Grads May Go Into

A degree in business support can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for William Rainey Harper College.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Office Clerks 165,970 $37,220
Customer Service Representatives 120,270 $37,840
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 67,780 $37,930
Receptionists and Information Clerks 39,890 $30,210
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 30,140 $58,670

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities 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 racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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