2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Dental Assisting/Assistant in Missouri

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Missouri” 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 Missouri, there were 273 dental assisting/assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 53 dental assisting/assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,631 and $21,057 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in Missouri” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in dental assisting/assistant. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great dental assisting/assistant programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the dental assisting/assistant program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in Missouri

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in Missouri.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Dental Assisting/Assistant in Missouri

#1

Ozarks Technical Community College

Springfield, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$7,908 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Ozarks Technical Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Springfield, Missouri, this fairly large public school awarded 48 diplomas to qualified associates’s dental assisting students in 2019-2020.

OTC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Dental Assisting/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Missouri” list. The yearly cost to attend OTC is $7,908 for missouri associate degree dental assisting students.

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#2

Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$7,066 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in Missouri. This fairly large school is located in Kansas City, Missouri, and it awarded 5 associates’s dental assisting degrees in 2019-2020.

MCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Dental Assisting/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Missouri” list. The estimated yearly cost for MCC is $7,066 for Missouri Associate Degree Dental Assisting students.

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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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

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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