2022 Best Value Dental Support Schools for an Associate in Louisiana

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Dental Support Schools for an Associate in Louisiana” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Dental Support Services is the 79th most popular major in the country with 21,530 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, dental support services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,238 and had an average of $13,361 in loans still to pay off.

Across Louisiana, there were 350 dental support services graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,611 and $7,498 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 10 dental support services graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,892 and $18,805 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Dental Support Schools for an Associate in Louisiana” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in dental support services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality dental support services programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the dental support services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

More Ways to Rank Dental Support Services Schools

The dental support school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Dental Support Schools for an Associate in Louisiana”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Dental Support Schools for an Associate in Louisiana

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

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Dental Support Services in Louisiana

#1

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Dental Support Schools for an Associate in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans landed the #1 spot on the list. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans is a small school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 5 associates’s dental support degrees in 2019-2020.

LSU Health - New Orleans did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Dental Support Services Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana” list.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full LSU Health - New Orleans Dental Support Services Report

#2

Southern University at Shreveport

Shreveport, Louisiana

#2 in overall quality

$8,878 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern University at Shreveport. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Dental Support Schools for an Associate in Louisiana list. Southern University at Shreveport is a small school located in Shreveport, Louisiana that handed out 5 associates’s dental support degrees in 2019-2020.

Southern University at Shreveport also took the #2 spot in our “Best Dental Support Services Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking. It costs about $8,878 for Louisiana Associate Degree Dental Support students per year to attend Southern University at Shreveport.

Full Southern University at Shreveport Dental Support Services Report

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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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