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Administrative assistant training in Tennessee

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

33 schools offer these administrative assistant programs, and Tennessee 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 Tennessee, 24 of the 43 programs take students without a high school diploma, 18 ask for a diploma or equivalent and 1 asks for earlier courses first.

By kind, the 43 programs here are administrative assistant or office certificate (31 programs), office administration (associate degree, 6 programs), microsoft Office and Excel course (5 programs) and computer basics and digital literacy course (1 program).

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How much does administrative assistant training cost in Tennessee?

Certificates and short courses (37 programs)
$2,095 to $4,119most of them, usually 15 to 44 weeks long
Two-year degrees (6 programs)
$10,044 to $10,611most of them, usually 61 to 64 weeks long

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
69%
Working 6 months later
75%
Earned a year, estimated
about $23,600
Length
25 to 46 weeks

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

Is there free administrative assistant training in Tennessee?

All 43 administrative assistant programs in Tennessee approved for WIOA funding

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How to pay for administrative assistant training in Tennessee

WIOA funding can pay for administrative assistant training in Tennessee

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 Tennessee

programs with a price cost under $2,000
9 of 43
lowest typical price among the states with enough programs to compare
22nd of 36
other states where the typical program's graduates earned less
0 of 15
administrative assistant programs here, against the typical state's 21
43 vs 21

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 Memphis, Knoxville, Morristown and other Tennessee cities

Choosing an area filters the program list above. 9 more programs are in 9 other areas, 4 in smaller cities and towns and 5 online.

Other training in Tennessee

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

Where the Tennessee administrative assistant program numbers come from

Which Tennessee administrative assistant programs are on this list?

These are the administrative assistant programs Tennessee 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 Tennessee offers.

How the prices and results of Tennessee 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 Tennessee

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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