by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Dental Support Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Dental Support Services is the 82nd most popular major in the country with 26,399 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,403 dental support services graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,141 and $16,151 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 110 dental support services graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Dental Support Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in dental support services. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in dental support services.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Dental Support Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Dental Support Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pennsylvania College of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Dental Support Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s. Pennsylvania College of Technology is located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 39 bachelors’s dental support degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Farmingdale State College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Dental Support Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Farmingdale, New York, this medium-sized public school handed out 23 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s dental support students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Dental Support Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this large public school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s dental support students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Dental Support Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - Baltimore landed the #4 spot on the list. UMB is a public institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Dental Support Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the #5 spot on the list. NYU is a large school located in New York, New York that handed out 11 bachelors’s dental support degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
Plaza College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Dental Support Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. Forest Hills, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s dental support degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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