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Dental Support Services at Lamar Institute of Technology

If you plan to study Dental Support Services, take a look at what Lamar Institute of Technology. We’ve gathered the following information to help you decide.

Lamar Institute of Technology is in Beaumont, TX.

During the most recent reporting year, 22 dental support services degrees were awarded at Lamar Institute of Technology.

Online & Distance Learning at Lamar Institute of Technology

Distance learning is available at Lamar Institute of Technology. Among 5,680 students, 1,839 (32%) studied exclusively online and 1,711 (30%) took at least some classes online.

Dental Support Services Rankings at Lamar Institute of Technology

These rankings give you a sense of how Lamar Institute of Technology’s Dental Support Services program against other schools offering the same major.

Associate-Level Rankings

Ranking	Scope	Rank
Best Schools (Quality)	Texas	#15 of 49
Best Value	Texas	#15 of 47
Best Value	Southwest (Region)	#22 of 73
Best Schools (Quality)	Southwest (Region)	#23 of 78
Best Schools (Quality)	Nationwide	#168 of 599
Best Value	Nationwide	#183 of 606

Earnings for Dental Support Services Graduates from Lamar Institute of Technology

Those who finish Lamar Institute of Technology’s Dental Support Services program earn the following amounts (per the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard):

Years After Graduation	Median Earnings
1 year	$53,372
2 years	$50,439
3 years	$52,618
4 years	$57,001
5 years	$56,290

How do these earnings stack up against the rest of the school? Four years after graduating, Dental Support Services graduates from Lamar Institute of Technology report median earnings of $57,001, compared with $66,600 for all Lamar Institute of Technology graduates — about 14% lower than the school-wide median.

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the composition of Dental Support Services graduates at Lamar Institute of Technology, by degree type.

Program-wide, Dental Support Services graduates at Lamar Institute of Technology are 91% women (20) and 9% men (2).

Dental Support Services Associate’s Program at Lamar Institute of Technology

Of the 22 associate’s dental support services graduates at Lamar Institute of Technology, 91% were women (20) and 9% were men (2).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Dental Support Services associate’s degree recipients at Lamar Institute of Technology.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	13
Hispanic / Latino	7
Black / African American	1
Asian	1

Minority students account for 41% of Dental Support Services associate’s degree recipients at Lamar Institute of Technology, below the national average of 44%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

More Specific Dental Support Services Concentrations at Lamar Institute of Technology

This Dental Support Services program at Lamar Institute of Technology breaks down into more specific concentrations:

Concentration	Graduates
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist	22

Best-Paid Careers for Dental Support Services Graduates

Graduates of the Dental Support Services program at Lamar Institute of Technology go on to a range of careers. The table below ranks the highest-paying careers for Dental Support Services graduates, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Dental Hygienists	$101,356
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	$46,663
Dental Assistants	$25,445
Dental Laboratory Technicians	$25,417

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.