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 University of Maryland - Baltimore. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in dental support, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
If there’s something special you’re looking for, you can use one of the links below to find it:
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. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for dental support majors, UMB came in at #13. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #1 in Maryland.
Here are some of the other rankings for UMB.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at UMB was $1,362 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $401 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $9,260 | $38,060 |
| Fees | $1,953 | $1,953 |
Learn more about UMB 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. Dental Support students who received their bachelor’s degree at UMB took out an average of $27,500 in student loans. That is 26% higher than the national average of $21,892.
The median early career salary of dental support students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UMB is $70,456 per year. That is 29% higher than the national average of $54,567.
Online degrees for the UMB dental support bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UMB Online Learning page.
All of the students who received their Bachelor’s in dental support in 2019-2020 were women.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in dental support at UMB in 2019-2020, 18.8% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 27%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 12 |
| International Students | 1 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Dental Support Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Dental Hygiene/Hygienist | 16 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to dental support services.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 8 |
| Nursing | 396 |
*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.
