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 Lone Star College System. 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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In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at North Harris Montgomery was $248 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $193 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 | $4,632 | $5,952 |
Fees | $48 | $48 |
Books and Supplies | $2,550 | $2,550 |
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The median early career salary of dental support students who receive their associate degree from North Harris Montgomery is $62,409 per year. That is 41% higher than the national average of $44,256.
North Harris Montgomery 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 North Harris Montgomery Online Learning page.
All of the students who received their Associate in dental support in 2019-2020 were women.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 50.0% of the dental support associate degrees at North Harris Montgomery in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 37%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 6 |
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 | 12 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Health & Medical Administrative Services | 7 |
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 64 |
Allied Health Professions | 136 |
Mental & Social Health Services | 45 |
Nursing | 383 |
*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.