2022 Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Dental Assisting/Assistant is the 327th most popular major in the country with 14,442 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 894 dental assisting/assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 79 dental assisting/assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in dental assisting/assistant. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent dental assisting/assistant programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the dental assisting/assistant program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region.
Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Dental Assisting/Assistant in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Camden County College landed the #1 spot on the list. Camden County College is a medium-sized school located in Blackwood, New Jersey that handed out 12 associates’s dental assisting degrees in 2019-2020.
Camden County College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Dental Assisting/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $6,603 for middle atlantic region associate degree dental assisting students per year to attend Camden County College.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Manor College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This small school is located in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 2 associates’s dental assisting degrees in 2019-2020.
Manor College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Dental Assisting/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $16,658 for middle atlantic region associate degree dental assisting students per year to attend Manor College.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harcum College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region. Harcum College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. It awarded 12 associates’s dental assisting degrees in 2019-2020.
Harcum College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Dental Assisting/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $23,588 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Dental Assisting students per year to attend Harcum College.
Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fortis Institute - Scranton. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Fortis Institute - Scranton is located in Scranton, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 associates’s dental assisting degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our middle atlantic region associate degree dental assisting students list, Fortis Institute - Scranton has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Dental Assisting/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Fortis Institute - Scranton is $36,781 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Dental Assisting students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St Paul’s School of Nursing - Staten Island. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region. St Paul’s School of Nursing - Staten Island is located in Staten Island, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 associates’s dental assisting degrees to qualified students.
St Paul’s School of Nursing - Staten Island not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Dental Assisting/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $25,322 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Dental Assisting students per year to attend St Paul’s School of Nursing - Staten Island.
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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Footnotes
- *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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