Executive Assistant

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Total Degrees​
Awarded in 2023
1,495
declining 16.6%

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In 2023, the locations with the highest concentration of Executive Assistant degree recipients are Steubenville, OH, Lexington-Fayette, KY, and Indianapolis city (balance), IN. In 2023, the locations with a relatively high number of Executive Assistant degree recipients are Caryville, TN, Shelbyville, TN, and Maysville, KY. The most common degree awarded to students studying Executive Assistant is a certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years.

Institutions

Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Executive Assistant and the types of students that study this field. Eastern Gateway Community College awards the most degrees in Executive Assistant in the US.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Executive Assistant programs are Public, 2-year institutions (76 total). N/A

Institutions

Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in Executive Assistant (2023)
  1. 179 degrees awarded
  2. 170 degrees awarded
  3. 131 degrees awarded

The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Executive Assistant programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.

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Degrees Awarded by County

Counties with the Most Degrees Awarded in Executive Assistant
  1. 179 degrees awarded
  2. 170 degrees awarded
  3. 131 degrees awarded

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Executive Assistant by year.

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Diversity

Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Business in the United States.

The most common degree type these workers hold is a Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years.

Degrees Awarded

The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Executive Assistant are Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years, Associates Degree, and 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate.

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Workforce Degrees

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Executive Assistant is from the 2 Digit Course Business.

The most common degree types held by the working population in Business are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.

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Race & Ethnicity by Sex

This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years recipients in Executive Assistant.

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Global Diversity

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Executive Assistant is from the 2 Digit Course Business.
Most Common Countries of Origin
  1. India
    181,180 degree recipients
  2. Mexico
    159,478 degree recipients
  3. Philippines
    142,686 degree recipients
High Relative Number of Students
  1. Singapore
    2.55 times more than expected
  2. Zimbabwe
    2.52 times more than expected
  3. Denmark
    2.46 times more than expected

There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Singapore that hold Business degrees (2.55 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (181,180 degree recipients).

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Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Executive Assistant field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Executive Assistant majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Executive Assistant majors need more than the average amount of N/A.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Executive Assistant majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of N/A is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, and Speaking are the three most important skills for people in the field.

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