2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dental Support Services in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Dental Support Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 21,530 people earned their degree in dental support services, making the major the 79th most popular in the United States. 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 the Southwest region, there were 3,189 dental support services graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,253 and $12,511 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 dental support services graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent dental support services programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the dental support services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Dental Support Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree dental support students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dental Support Services in the Southwest Region

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Dental Support Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 9 masters’s dental support degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNM, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Dental Support Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Dental Support Services at UNM

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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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