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 Springfield Technical Community 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, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at STCC paid an average of $242 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $25 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 | $600 | $5,808 |
Fees | $4,960 | $4,960 |
Books and Supplies | $1,200 | $1,200 |
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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. Students who received their associate degree at STCC in Dental Support walked away with an average of $14,166 in student debt. That is 19% lower than the national average of $17,555.
dental support who receive their associate degree from STCC make an average of $63,005 a year during the early days of their career. That is 42% higher than the national average of $44,256.
STCC 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 STCC Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their associate degree in dental support in 2019-2020, 94.4% of them were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 94.0%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 38.9% of the dental support associate degrees at STCC 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 | 3 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 9 |
International Students | 1 |
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 | 18 |
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*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.