by our College Data Analytics TeamThe 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 Georgia State University-Perimeter College. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the associate degree program in dental support, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at Georgia State University-Perimeter College paid an average of $360 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $95 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $2,280 | $8,632 |
| Fees | $1,080 | $1,080 |
| Books and Supplies | $2,000 | $2,000 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Dental Support students who received their associate degree at Georgia State University-Perimeter College took out an average of $23,000 in student loans. That is 31% higher than the national average of $17,555.
dental support who receive their associate degree from Georgia State University-Perimeter College make an average of $55,964 a year during the early days of their career. That is 26% higher than the national average of $44,256.
Georgia State University-Perimeter College 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 Georgia State University-Perimeter College Online Learning page.
Women made up around 94.1% of the dental support students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 94.0%.
Of those graduates who received an associate degree in dental support at Georgia State University-Perimeter College in 2019-2020, 52.9% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 37%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 5 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 8 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Dental Support Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Dental Hygiene/Hygienist | 17 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to dental support services.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Allied Health Professions | 17 |
| Nursing | 103 |
*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.
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