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 James A Rhodes State College. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the associate degree program in dental support, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at Rhodes State College paid an average of $360 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $180 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $4,325 | $8,649 |
Books and Supplies | $1,200 | $1,200 |
Learn more about Rhodes State College tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Students who received their associate degree at Rhodes State College in Dental Support walked away with an average of $16,750 in student debt. That is 5% lower than the national average of $17,555.
The median early career salary of dental support students who receive their associate degree from Rhodes State College is $44,021 per year. That is about the same as the national average of $44,256.
Online degrees for the Rhodes State College dental support associate degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Rhodes State College Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their associate degree in dental support in 2019-2020, all of them were women.
Of those graduates who received an associate degree in dental support at Rhodes State College in 2019-2020, 6.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 37%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 15 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
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 | 16 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Health & Medical Administrative Services | 3 |
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 36 |
Allied Health Professions | 28 |
Nursing | 109 |
*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.