Administrative Assistant Program

Business office masters of the frontline – that’s what Ridgewater College trains its Administrative Assistant students to be in all kinds of settings. You manage information, communication, schedules, and sometimes events while addressing customer and employee questions, needs, and business projects. If you want a career with variety, traditional business hours, and benefits in an environment that values your attention to detail, organization, and task-oriented skills, you might be perfect as an administrative assistant.

Program Requirements and Job Outlook

Administrative Assistant AAS
Office Assistant Diploma

Program delivery

• Online
• Fall and spring starts

Skills you will learn

• Business communication
• Office procedures and technologies
• Project and travel management
• Meeting and event coordination
• Desktop publishing and various software applications
• Office spreadsheets and database management

Choose Ridgewater

Administrative, secretarial professionals are the masters of office details and sometimes the face of a company. Ridgewater’s Administrative Assistant program will take you from a “good enough” work philosophy to the “gold standard” of customer experience in today’s competitive world. Our friendly and helpful atmosphere models the environment we hope our graduates recreate in their careers. Ridgewater students often excel at collegiate business competitions in everything from interviews to project management. Because businesses seek our graduates, many students have jobs before they wear their cap and gown! Our program, which also offers healthcare and legal specializations, offers a great education that’s affordable and doable in a short time.

Program attributes that help students thrive

• Small class sizes for personal faculty-student interaction
• Mock office settings = hands-on experiences
• Active Business Professionals of America club for competitions, networking, and activities
• Varied class formats, from traditional classroom to online and blended
• Confidence-building internships and networking with strong community partners
• Commitment to current, business software
• Industry-experienced instructors are current with industry practices

Administrative professionals are in demand everywhere – large and small towns, public and private businesses, and profit and non-profit organizations. They are the team members who dot the i’s and cross the t’s to ensure that offices run smoothly and customers, clients and staff feel welcomed, cared about, and helped as needed. Make a difference in your office!