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Graduate Research Assistant, Technician School Of Plant And Environmental Sci
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - Blacksburg, VA
The student will reside on campus in Blacksburg and be affiliated with the School of Plant and Environmental Sciences. NOTES: 3 openings....
30+ days ago

Demographic Data for Virginia

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Research Assistant Online Courses and Training Opportunities

Coursera
Research Proposal: Initiating Research
Market Research is a growing and important field that is used in many industries around the world. Given all the data that is collected whether by organizations, industries, social media,...
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Education Research That Matters: Ways of Researching

Connecting insights from existing research to practice and building on this to design realistic and high-quality research projects can be challenging. Understanding research methods is crucial...

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Reproducible Research
This course focuses on the concepts and tools behind reporting modern data analyses in a reproducible manner. Reproducible research is the idea that data analyses, and more generally, scientific...
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Salary for Research Assistant Jobs in Virginia

This is the average annual salary for Research Assistant jobs in Virginia as reported by the BLS.

$55,608

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Highest Education Level

Research Assistants in Virginia offer the following education background
  • Bachelor's Degree (55.4%)
  • Master's Degree (29.2%)
  • Doctorate Degree (7.9%)
  • High School or GED (2.8%)
  • Associate's Degree (2.6%)
  • Vocational or Certification (1.5%)
  • Some College (0.5%)
  • Some High School (0.1%)

Average Work Experience

Here's a breakdown of the number of years' experience offered by Research Assistants in Virginia
  • 4-6 years (19.2%)
  • Less than 1 year (19.0%)
  • None (15.3%)
  • 1-2 years (10.7%)
  • 10+ years (10.2%)
  • 2-4 years (9.3%)
  • 6-8 years (8.4%)
  • 8-10 years (7.7%)

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