by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Dental Support Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking.
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 Southwest region, there were 3,351 dental support services graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,434 and $13,963 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 dental support services graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Dental Support Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 3 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 picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Dental Support Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Dental Support Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Dental Support Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s dental support students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Dental Support Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is a small public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 2 masters’s dental support degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Dental Support Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 29 masters’s dental support degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, 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 94%.
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