The main focus area for this major is Dental Hygiene/Hygienist. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Dental Support Services is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Hillsborough Community College. Here, you’ll find out more about the major associate degree program in dental support, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at HCC was $380 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $104 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $1,931 | $7,728 |
Fees | $575 | $1,383 |
Books and Supplies | $1,320 | $1,320 |
On Campus Room and Board | $8,784 | $8,784 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $4,056 | $4,056 |
Learn more about HCC tuition and fees.
HCC does not offer an online option for its dental support associate degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the HCC Online Learning page.
Women made up around 81.8% of the dental support students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 94.0%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 54.5% of the dental support associate degrees at HCC in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 37%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 5 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 4 |
International Students | 1 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Dental Support Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Dental Hygiene/Hygienist | 11 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to dental support services.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Allied Health Professions | 91 |
Mental & Social Health Services | 31 |
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services | 46 |
Public Health | 2 |
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services | 12 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.