The main focus area for this major is Dental Assisting/Assistant. 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 West Los Angeles 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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In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at West LA College was $328 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $46 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 | $1,196 | $8,528 |
Fees | $42 | $42 |
Books and Supplies | $1,080 | $1,080 |
Learn more about West LA College tuition and fees.
Online degrees for the West LA 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 West LA College Online Learning page.
Women made up around 50.0% of the dental support students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 94.0%.
Of those graduates who received an associate degree in dental support at West LA College in 2019-2020, 50.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher 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 | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 0 |
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 Assisting/Assistant | 2 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to dental support services.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Health Sciences & Services | 28 |
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 8 |
Mental & Social Health Services | 3 |
*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.