2024 Best Dental Assisting/Assistant Schools in the Southwest Region
6Colleges in the Southwest Region
2,399Dental Assisting Degrees Awarded
A degree in dental assisting/assistant is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #330 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 6 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Dental Assisting/Assistant Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2,399 degrees in dental assisting/assistant during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Dental Assisting/Assistant School
The dental assisting program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Dental Assisting/Assistant rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for dental assisting/assistant schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Dental Assisting/Assistant Rankings by Degree Level
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Dental Assisting/Assistant Schools in the Southwest Region list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Dental Assisting/Assistant in the Southwest Region
The schools below may not offer all types of dental assisting degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Del Mar College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in dental assisting/assistant. DMC is a moderately-sized public college located in the large city of Corpus Christi. A Best Colleges rank of #613 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means DMC is a great college overall.
There were about 21 dental assisting/assistant students who graduated with this degree at DMC in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in dental assisting/assistant needs to take a look at Phoenix College. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Phoenix College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #791 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Phoenix College is a great college overall.
There were approximately 55 dental assisting/assistant students who graduated with this degree at Phoenix College in the most recent year we have data available.
El Paso Community College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in dental assisting/assistant. El Paso Community College is a very large public college located in the city of El Paso. This college ranks 70th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 16 dental assisting/assistant students who graduated with this degree at El Paso Community College in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in dental assisting/assistant needs to take a look at Rose State College. RSC is a medium-sized public college located in the suburb of Midwest City. This college ranks 20th out of 32 schools for overall quality in the state of Oklahoma.
There were roughly 11 dental assisting/assistant students who graduated with this degree at RSC in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the rural area of Denison, Grayson College is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 69th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 31 dental assisting/assistant students who graduated with this degree at Grayson College in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of San Antonio, San Antonio College is a public college with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #598 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means San Antonio College is a great college overall.
There were about 31 dental assisting/assistant students who graduated with this degree at San Antonio College in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The dental assisting program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Dental Assisting/Assistant rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for dental assisting/assistant schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
