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Dental Support Services at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

If you plan to study dental support services, take a look at what The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UTHealth is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 5,608. In 2021, 41 dental support majors received their bachelor's degree from UTHealth.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Dental Support Services section at the bottom of this page.

UTHealth Dental Support Services Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Support

UTHealth Dental Support Services Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the dental support progam at UTHealth compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The dental support major at UTHealth is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Dental Support Services. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type Rank
Best Dental Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools 3
Best Dental Support Services Schools 8
22
Best Value Dental Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools 39
151

Earnings of UTHealth Dental Support Graduates

The median salary of dental support students who receive their bachelor's degree at UTHealth is $63,237. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 11% higher than the national average of $57,085 for all dental support bachelor's degree recipients.

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Dental Support Student Demographics at UTHealth

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental support majors at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

UTHealth Dental Support Services Bachelor’s Program

98% Women
73% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 2% of dental support bachelor's degrees went to men and 98% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% more racial-ethnic minorities in its dental support bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston with a bachelor's in dental support.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 10
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 16
White 9
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

UTHealth also has a doctoral program available in dental support. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Dental Support Services

If you plan to be a dental support major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist 41

Careers That Dental Support Grads May Go Into

A degree in dental support can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Dental Assistants 30,290 $36,820
Health Specialties Professors 13,930 $139,540
Dental Hygienists 13,850 $75,300
Dental Laboratory Technicians 2,260 $41,840

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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