Office Administration Degree Programs

The national average student-faculty ratio is 16:1, according to a calculation by U.S. News and World Report, and Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico's Miami, Florida, location beat that average figure by a long margin. Student-faculty ratio at the Miami school was just 6:1 in 2015, which suggests that professors have time to offer individualized help to students if needed.

Aspiring office managers have two degree plans to choose from at PUPR: a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in organizational management and a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) with available academic concentrations in accounting, marketing, general management and information systems. Both programs include 30 credit hours of general education coursework.

Selma University, a private and historically black Bible college in Selma, Alabama, led our top ten schools for office administration in the affordability category. Students at Selma paid an average of just under $6,200 &mdash more than $3,500 less than the mean of all schools on our list.

The bachelor's degree program for office administration students at Selma University features 33 credit hours of business courses designed to build your intellectual outlook and analytical skills. Students must also take a minimum of 18 credit hours of Bible study courses and 12 credits of theology in order to be considered for graduation.

Grantham University tied for the top spot on our distance education metric, which likely comes as no surprise to its students. The national for-profit university doesn't maintain a brick-and-mortar campus at which to offer traditional courses, so 100 percent of its students reported being enrolled in online courses in 2015. Other flexibility measures, such as placement services for degree completers, were available here as well.

Bachelor's programs in business administration and business management can provide a thorough business education on your way to an office management career, including courses in e-commerce and business law. An Associate of Science (A.S.) degree in computer science can also teach you the skills necessary to use essential office software like a pro.

One of the oldest for-profit educational institutions in the U.S., Jamestown Business College was founded in 1886 and specializes exclusively in degrees for businesspeople. It offers a B.B.A. program for four-year students and six individual study plans for business administration students in its Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) program.

Another A.A.S. degree available at JBC is its administrative assistant program, which concentrates with a laser focus on knowledge and skills necessary to the office administration profession. Students learn about computer applications used in the office, business writing, public relations, social psychology and more. Available degree track options include office technology, medical office work and accounting.

This Bismarck, North Dakota, school posted the highest graduation rate among schools its size that made our top ten and reported our list's largest dollar investment per capita on instructional expenses like up-to-date classroom technology. Prospective office administration students can choose between Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree plans in business administration.

The primary difference between B.A. and B.S. study plans lies in the general education requirements &mdash you'll get the same level and type of business-focused education from each program. A bachelor's and a minor in business communication are also available. The student-faculty ratio at University of Mary is 13:1.

Metropolitan State University was one of the top schools for online office administration degrees, especially among public universities and those that offer both online and on-campus programs. The NCES reports that around 43 percent of students enrolled at the St. Paul, Minnesota, school took at least some of their courses online in 2015.

The College of Management at Metropolitan State University — known as Metro to its students and staff &mdash offers two main degree programs for aspiring office administrators. The B.S. in business administration provides the standard broad base of business and management instruction, while the Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.S.) in organizational administration is designed to build on technical strengths developed in an office administration associate degree program.

Named for its founder Isom Caleb Clinton, our No. 7 school ranked No. 3 among schools that made our top ten for the affordability of its average tuition and fees cost and comes with additional upside for students who prefer an intimate educational environment. Clinton College was the smallest school on our list, awarding just 24 total degrees in 2015, and its student faculty ratio was a comfortable 10:1 on the most recent NCES report.

Business administration degrees at Clinton can be earned at the associate as well as the bachelor's level. The major aim of the A.S. program is to provide students with the skills they need to compete professionally, while the B.S. program contains more academic courses that promote theoretical and interdisciplinary learning.

Only the fully online institutions on our list reported a higher percentage of students earning credits by distance education than Granite State College, where nearly 82 percent of the student population took advantage of some form of online course in 2015. The flexibility measures don't stop there — select on-campus courses are available in evenings or on weekends, and alternative tuition payment plans can be used to ease the cost burden of basic enrollment expenses.

Students looking for online office administration degrees may be glad to learn that the B.S. in business management at GSC can be taken fully online with select on-campus courses. An operations management B.S. is available as well, if you're thinking about pivoting toward logistics later in your career.

Founded in January 2000, Unilatina International College is a young and small institution with a focus on business education. It has an open enrollment policy, ensuring that any student who meets a few basic qualifications can be admitted regardless of past academic performance, and the NCES reported a 100 percent graduation rate for the class of 2015.

Unilatina students can prepare for an office administration career with either a two- or four-year degree in business administration. Both programs contain courses in the principles of marketing, accounting and economics; human resources management; business ethics and business planning; enterprise social media use and public speaking.

Actually located in the city of Kenner, about 20 minutes from central New Orleans, Herzing University - New Orleans offers bachelor's and associate degrees in business management that can be earned either on campus or online. Study tracks within the bachelor's program include human resource management, entrepreneurial studies and marketing.

Flexibility was one of the main bright spots for this private, non-profit school. Not only did more than half of the student body report taking some of their classes via distance education in 2015, but weekend/evening courses, placement services for alumni and academic and career counseling services are all available as well.