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 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s 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 order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. Ranked at #3 in College Factual's most recent rankings, UTHealth is in the top 1% of the country for dental support students pursuing a bachelor's degree. It is also ranked #1 in Texas.
Here are some of the other rankings for UTHealth.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at UTHealth paid an average of $782 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $197 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $8,274 | $32,844 |
| Fees | $3,651 | $3,651 |
Learn more about UTHealth tuition and fees.
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 bachelor’s degree at UTHealth took out an average of $25,000 in student loans. That is 14% higher than the national average of $21,892.
The median early career salary of dental support students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UTHealth is $56,302 per year. That is 3% higher than the national average of $54,567.
UTHealth does not offer an online option for its dental support bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UTHealth Online Learning page.
All of the students who received their Bachelor’s in dental support in 2019-2020 were women.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 57.5% of the dental support bachelor’s degrees at UTHealth in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 27%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 9 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 11 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 14 |
| International Students | 2 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Dental Support Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Dental Hygiene/Hygienist | 40 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Nursing | 451 |
*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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