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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.


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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 Carrington College-San Jose 103 24% N/A
16 Compu-Med Vocational Careers Corp 103 51% N/A
17 Concorde Career College-San Bernardino 103 23% N/A
18 Astrodome Career Centers 102 84% N/A
19 Harris School of Business-Upper Darby Campus 98 33% N/A
20 American Career College-Los Angeles 97 13% N/A
21 Concorde Career Institute-Orlando 97 34% 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 Carrington College-Phoenix North 93 21% N/A
26 Eastern College of Health Vocations-Little Rock 93 38% N/A
27 United Education Institute-Morrow 91 30% N/A
28 Pima Medical Institute-Albuquerque 90 18% N/A
29 Brightwood College-El Paso 85 27% N/A
30 Concorde Career College-Dallas 85 18% N/A
31 National University College 84 3% $7,508
32 Northwest Career College 84 17% N/A
33 Delta Technical College 84 13% N/A
34 ECPI University 83 2% $16,819
35 Pima Medical Institute-Tucson 83 6% N/A
36 Blue Cliff College-Metairie 83 16% $18,447
37 Concorde Career College-San Diego 82 20% N/A
38 United Education Institute-Huntington Park Campus 82 20% N/A
39 Brightwood College-McAllen 80 28% N/A
40 Instituto de Banca y Comercio Inc 80 1% N/A
41 Concorde Career College-Portland 80 19% 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 Concorde Career College-Kansas City 73 23% N/A
50 Texas State Technical College 73 2% $19,530
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 Ponce Paramedical College Inc 65 10% N/A
60 Pima Medical Institute-Colorado Springs 65 17% 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 American Career College-Ontario 61 8% N/A
66 Westchester School for Dental Assistant 61 50% 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 Brightwood College-Nashville 56 25% N/A
71 UEI College-Gardena 56 14% $12,675
72 United Education Institute-West Covina 56 15% 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 Kirkwood Community College 53 2% $7,332
77 Pima Medical Institute-Mesa 53 9% N/A
78 South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Brownsville 53 29% N/A
79 Carrington College-Mesa 53 15% N/A
80 United Education Institute-Anaheim 53 17% N/A
81 Dorsey Business Schools-Dearborn 53 27% $20,772
82 Brightwood College-Hammond 52 24% $14,303
83 UEI College-Fresno 52 10% N/A
84 Fortis Institute-Towson 51 27% N/A
85 Remington College-Nashville Campus 51 40% $14,906
86 Florida Career College-Orlando 51 11% N/A
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 Central Career Institute LLC 49 49% N/A
91 Concorde Career Institute-Jacksonville 49 15% N/A
92 Remington College-Cleveland Campus 48 19% $15,678
93 Stark State College 48 3% $5,170
94 South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Weslaco 48 16% N/A
95 American Career College-Anaheim 48 9% N/A
96 Brightwood College-Corpus Christi 48 18% N/A
97 Altierus Career College-Bissonnet 48 19% N/A
98 Eastern College of Health Vocations-New Orleans 47 39% N/A
99 Pima Medical Institute-Seattle 47 11% N/A
100 Florida Career College 47 13% $16,684

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.