Most Popular Schools for Dental Assisting/Assistant Major & Degree Program

A program that prepares individuals to provide patient care, take dental radiographs (x-ray photographs), prepare patients and equipment for dental procedures, and discharge office administrative functions under the supervision of dentists and dental hygienists. Includes instruction in medical record-keeping, general office duties, reception and patient intake, scheduling, equipment maintenance and sterilization, basic radiography, pre- and post-operative patient care and instruction, chairside assisting, taking tooth and mouth impressions, and supervised practice.

Rank	School Name	Students	% of Total	Total On-Campus Cost
1	Vista College	252	10%	$15,830
2	Concorde Career College-San Antonio	199	42%	N/A
3	Porter and Chester Institute of Stratford	189	14%	$18,920
4	MedQuest College	179	70%	N/A
5	San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia	144	4%	$16,606
6	Carrington College-Sacramento	142	16%	N/A
7	YTI Career Institute-York	124	22%	N/A
8	New York School for Medical and Dental Assistants	121	39%	N/A
9	Fortis Institute-Wayne	120	29%	$9,025
10	Fortis College-Landover	120	35%	$15,681
11	Charter College	119	8%	$22,655
12	Ivy Tech Community College	117	0%	$5,788
13	Concorde Career Institute-Tampa	116	33%	N/A
14	Concorde Career College-Aurora	109	23%	N/A
15	Concorde Career College-San Bernardino	103	23%	N/A
16	Carrington College-San Jose	103	24%	N/A
17	Compu-Med Vocational Careers Corp	103	51%	N/A
18	Astrodome Career Centers	102	84%	N/A
19	Harris School of Business-Upper Darby Campus	98	33%	N/A
20	Concorde Career Institute-Orlando	97	34%	N/A
21	American Career College-Los Angeles	97	13%	N/A
22	Concorde Career College-Memphis	96	12%	N/A
23	Concorde Career College-Grand Prairie	95	18%	N/A
24	Mountainland Technical College	95	5%	$1,692
25	Eastern College of Health Vocations-Little Rock	93	38%	N/A
26	Carrington College-Phoenix North	93	21%	N/A
27	United Education Institute-Morrow	91	30%	N/A
28	Pima Medical Institute-Albuquerque	90	18%	N/A
29	Concorde Career College-Dallas	85	18%	N/A
30	Brightwood College-El Paso	85	27%	N/A
31	Northwest Career College	84	17%	N/A
32	National University College	84	3%	$7,508
33	Delta Technical College	84	13%	N/A
34	Blue Cliff College-Metairie	83	16%	$18,447
35	Pima Medical Institute-Tucson	83	6%	N/A
36	ECPI University	83	2%	$16,819
37	United Education Institute-Huntington Park Campus	82	20%	N/A
38	Concorde Career College-San Diego	82	20%	N/A
39	Concorde Career College-Portland	80	19%	N/A
40	Instituto de Banca y Comercio Inc	80	1%	N/A
41	Brightwood College-McAllen	80	28%	N/A
42	UEI College-Bakersfield	79	15%	N/A
43	Foothill College	78	3%	$3,078
44	West Georgia Technical College	77	3%	$4,085
45	Century College	75	4%	$6,635
46	Florida National University-Main Campus	75	12%	$15,188
47	Platt College-STVT-McAllen	75	25%	N/A
48	Brightwood College-San Antonio-San Pedro	74	31%	N/A
49	Texas State Technical College	73	2%	$19,530
50	Concorde Career College-Kansas City	73	23%	N/A
51	UEI College-Riverside	71	17%	N/A
52	Advantage Career Institute	71	23%	N/A
53	Ozarks Technical Community College	70	2%	$4,192
54	Concorde Career College-Garden Grove	68	18%	N/A
55	Hennepin Technical College	67	4%	$7,248
56	Concorde Career College-Southaven	67	29%	N/A
57	Pima Medical Institute-Renton	66	12%	N/A
58	Pima Medical Institute-Houston	66	10%	N/A
59	Pima Medical Institute-Colorado Springs	65	17%	N/A
60	Ponce Paramedical College Inc	65	10%	N/A
61	Pima Medical Institute-Denver	64	13%	N/A
62	United Education Institute-Encino	64	15%	N/A
63	Concorde Career Institute-Miramar	63	20%	N/A
64	United Education Institute-Chula Vista	62	20%	N/A
65	Westchester School for Dental Assistant	61	50%	N/A
66	American Career College-Ontario	61	8%	N/A
67	United Education Institute-UEI College Stockton	60	20%	N/A
68	Fortis College	59	27%	$18,032
69	Camden County College	57	3%	$6,120
70	United Education Institute-West Covina	56	15%	N/A
71	UEI College-Gardena	56	14%	$12,675
72	Brightwood College-Nashville	56	25%	N/A
73	Brightwood College-Indianapolis	55	19%	N/A
74	Lincoln Technical Institute-Somerville	54	30%	N/A
75	Altierus Career College-Norcross	54	28%	$11,670
76	Carrington College-Mesa	53	15%	N/A
77	Dorsey Business Schools-Dearborn	53	27%	$20,772
78	South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Brownsville	53	29%	N/A
79	United Education Institute-Anaheim	53	17%	N/A
80	Kirkwood Community College	53	2%	$7,332
81	Pima Medical Institute-Mesa	53	9%	N/A
82	Brightwood College-Hammond	52	24%	$14,303
83	UEI College-Fresno	52	10%	N/A
84	Florida Career College-Orlando	51	11%	N/A
85	Fortis Institute-Towson	51	27%	N/A
86	Remington College-Nashville Campus	51	40%	$14,906
87	Fortis College-Columbia	50	30%	$18,310
88	Chattanooga State Community College	49	3%	$5,563
89	Midwest Institute	49	32%	N/A
90	Concorde Career Institute-Jacksonville	49	15%	N/A
91	Central Career Institute LLC	49	49%	N/A
92	Altierus Career College-Bissonnet	48	19%	N/A
93	South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Weslaco	48	16%	N/A
94	American Career College-Anaheim	48	9%	N/A
95	Stark State College	48	3%	$5,170
96	Brightwood College-Corpus Christi	48	18%	N/A
97	Remington College-Cleveland Campus	48	19%	$15,678
98	Eastern College of Health Vocations-New Orleans	47	39%	N/A
99	Florida Career College	47	13%	$16,684
100	Pima Medical Institute-Seattle	47	11%	N/A

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Dental Assisting/Assistant program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.