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Business Support & Assistance at South Texas College

If you plan to study Business Support & Assistance, consider the program at South Texas College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

South Texas College sits in McAllen, TX.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 31 business support & assistance degrees were awarded at South Texas College.

Online & Distance Learning at South Texas College

Distance learning is available at South Texas College. Among 27,431 students, 6,291 (23%) studied exclusively online and 5,286 (19%) took at least some classes online.

Business Support & Assistance Rankings at South Texas College

Rankings can help you compare South Texas College’s Business Support & Assistance program to other colleges that offer this major.

Associate-Level Rankings

Ranking	Scope	Rank
Best Value	Southwest (Region)	#2 of 29
Best Value	Texas	#2 of 25
Best Value	Nationwide	#3 of 220

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the composition of Business Support & Assistance graduates at South Texas College, by degree type.

Across all degree levels, Business Support & Assistance graduates at South Texas College are 81% women (25) and 19% men (6).

Business Support & Assistance Associate’s Program at South Texas College

Among the 8 associate’s business support & assistance graduates at South Texas College, 100% were women (8) and 0% were men (0).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Business Support & Assistance associate’s degree recipients at South Texas College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
Hispanic / Latino	8

Minority students account for 100% of Business Support & Assistance associate’s degree recipients at South Texas College, higher than the national average of 48%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

More Specific Business Support & Assistance Concentrations at South Texas College

This Business Support & Assistance program at South Texas College includes the following sub-specializations:

Concentration	Graduates
General Administrative Assistant	31

Best-Paid Careers for Business Support & Assistance Graduates

Students who finish Business Support & Assistance program at South Texas College work across a variety of fields. The table below ranks the highest-paying careers for Business Support & Assistance graduates, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Security Management Specialists	$128,654
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	$113,637
Online Merchants	$106,971
Sustainability Specialists	$81,004
Customer Service Representatives	$62,906
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$62,885
Office Clerks, General	$62,233
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	$59,046
Order Clerks	$58,253
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	$57,361

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.