2025 Best General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science Associate Degree Schools in New York

If you pursue a associate degree in general administrative assistant and secretarial science, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #56 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science Associate Degree Schools in New York ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 79 associate degrees in general administrative assistant and secretarial science during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Associate Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general administrative assistant and secretarial science students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general administrative assistant and secretarial science students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• 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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general administrative assistant and secretarial science related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general administrative assistant and secretarial science students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science Associate Degree Schools in New York list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science in New York

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in general administrative assistant and secretarial science.

Top New York Schools for an Associate in General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science

1

Plaza College
Forest Hills, NY

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

18 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Plaza College if you want to pursue an associate degree in general administrative assistant and secretarial science. Located in the large city of Forest Hills, Plaza College is a private for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a associate in general administrative assistant and secretarial science from Plaza College

2

Hostos Community College
Bronx, NY

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

18 Annual Graduates

Hostos Community College is a good choice for individuals interested in an associate degree in general administrative assistant and secretarial science. Located in the large city of Bronx, Hostos is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a associate in general administrative assistant and secretarial science from Hostos Community College

Best General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	379	41
New Jersey	249	11
Maryland	221	12
District of Columbia	46	0

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General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science Related Rankings by Major

One of 8 majors within the Business Support & Assistant Services area of study, General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business & Office Technology	89
Executive Assistant/Executive Secretary	6

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.