2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dental Support Major in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dental Support Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 26,399 people earned their degree in dental support services, making the major the 82nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, dental support services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,442 and had an average of $15,159 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 1,827 dental support services graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,405 and $17,034 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 dental support services graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dental Support Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in dental support services. That schools that top this list have a program in dental support services in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dental Support Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dental Support Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Dental Support Services in the Plains States Region

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota

#4 overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dental Support Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #1 spot on the list. UMN Twin Cities is a large public school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 14 masters’s dental support degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Full UMN Twin Cities Dental Support Services Report

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University of Missouri - Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dental Support Major in the Plains States Region list. This fairly large school is located in Kansas City, Missouri, and it awarded 2 masters’s dental support degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Dental Support Services at UMKC

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Dental Support Services

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.