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Administrative assistant training in Ohio

100 administrative assistant programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free

57 schools offer these administrative assistant programs, and Ohio has approved every one for workforce funding. Each shows its price if you pay yourself and how past students did.

Secretaries and administrative assistants do routine clerical and organizational work: answering phones, scheduling appointments, preparing documents and keeping files. High school graduates comfortable with word processing and spreadsheets typically qualify and learn the job in a few weeks of on-the-job training; some community colleges and technical schools offer courses in office procedures.1

In Ohio, 67 of the 100 programs take students without a high school diploma, 27 ask for a diploma or equivalent, 5 ask for earlier courses first and 1 asks for a bachelor's degree.

By kind, the 100 programs here are microsoft Office and Excel course (38 programs), administrative assistant or office certificate (36 programs), office administration (associate degree, 21 programs), computer basics and digital literacy course (4 programs), and 1 more of one other kind.

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How much does administrative assistant training cost in Ohio?

Certificates and short courses (79 programs)
$1,974 to $4,333most of them
Two-year degrees (21 programs)
$9,201 to $17,344most of them

What you pay yourself for the whole program, as the schools report it. "Most" is the middle half of the programs with a price.

In the typical program

Finished the program
Not enough data
Only 12 of 100 programs report it
Working 6 months later
Not enough data
Only 9 of 100 programs report it
Earned a year, estimated
Not enough data
Only 8 of 100 programs report it
Length
Not reported
None of the 100 programs report it

Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Only programs approved for workforce funding are listed; other schools in Ohio may also offer administrative assistant training. How these figures are made

Is there free administrative assistant training in Ohio?

Who qualifies, and other ways to pay: financial aid, grants and the GI Bill

All 100 administrative assistant programs in Ohio approved for WIOA funding

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How to pay for administrative assistant training in Ohio

WIOA funding can pay for administrative assistant training in Ohio

Every program on this page is approved for it. Whether you qualify, how much your local area pays and how to apply are on our page Does WIOA pay for job training?

Financial aid and grants for administrative assistant training

Most students can get federal student aid for college, career school or trade school. A Federal Pell Grant, unlike a loan, usually doesn't have to be repaid. Ask the school whether its program qualifies.67

GI Bill for administrative assistant training

Veterans, service members and qualified dependents can use GI Bill benefits for non-college training programs.8

The program list does not show which programs accept these. Ask the school.

Quick facts: Administrative assistant training in Ohio

programs with a price cost under $2,000
20 of 98
lowest typical price among the states with enough programs to compare
17th of 36
most administrative assistant programs of any state, after Texas and Washington
3rd

State comparisons use the same figures as the administrative assistant training by state table: the middle program of each state, and only states with three or more schools for prices. Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025).

Administrative assistant training in Columbus, Cleveland, Toledo and other Ohio cities

Areas with 10 or more programs have a page of their own. Choosing another area filters the program list above. 26 more programs are in 16 other areas, 3 in smaller cities and towns and 18 online.

Other training in Ohio

How administrative assistant training compares with the rest of business and office work: Business and office training in Ohio

Where the Ohio administrative assistant program numbers come from

Which Ohio administrative assistant programs are on this list?

These are the administrative assistant programs Ohio approved for WIOA funding (public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), as reported to the US Department of Labor for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Each state keeps its approved programs on an eligible training provider list (ETPL).9 The list here covers programs approved as of June 30, 2025. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what Ohio offers.

How the prices and results of Ohio administrative assistant programs are measured

Prices are tuition and required fees for someone paying without workforce funding, as the school reported them; check the current price with the school. Results describe students who left each program in recent years, so they are no guarantee, and the yearly earnings are the reported quarter times four, an estimate. A program without a "Trained with WIOA funding" line may still take WIOA students. Where a field was left empty or withheld, the page says "Not reported", and "Left out" where a figure was filed but failed one of our checks; nothing is estimated to fill a gap. Where the numbers come from explains each figure in full.

Sources for the facts about administrative assistant training in Ohio

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  1. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
  2. US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: About This Site
  3. US Department of Labor: WIOA Adult Program
  4. Code of Federal Regulations, title 20, part 680, sections 680.220, 680.230 and 680.310: career services before training, other grants such as Pell Grants first, and limits on Individual Training Accounts (GovInfo, 2024 edition)
  5. US Department of Labor: American Job Centers
  6. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Eligibility for Federal Student Aid
  7. US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Don't Miss Out on Federal Pell Grants
  8. US Department of Veterans Affairs: GI Bill benefits for non-college degree programs
  9. US Department of Labor, Training and Employment Guidance Letter 8-19, Attachment I: Requirements for Training Providers, Program Eligibility, and the State Eligible Training Provider (ETP) List