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Dental Support Services at University of South Dakota

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

USD is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and has a total student population of 9,459. In 2021, 37 dental support majors received their bachelor's degree from USD.

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.

USD Dental Support Services Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Support

USD Dental Support Services Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the dental support progam at USD 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 USD 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
Most Popular Dental Support Services Graduate Certificate Schools 2
Best Value Dental Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools 11
Best Dental Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools 31
Best Dental Support Services Schools 121
Best Value Dental Support Services Schools 209
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Most Focused Dental Support Services Schools 527

How Much Do Dental Support Graduates from USD Make?

The median salary of dental support students who receive their bachelor's degree at USD is $57,541. This is 1% higher than $57,085, which is the national average for all dental support bachelor's degree recipients.

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Dental Support Student Demographics at USD

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental support majors at University of South Dakota.

USD Dental Support Services Bachelor’s Program

97% Women
11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 37 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Dental Support Services from USD in 2020-2021, 3% were men and 97% were women.

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About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dental support at USD are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of South Dakota with a bachelor's in dental support.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 33
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

USD 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 University of South Dakota. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist 37

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 SD, the home state for University of South Dakota.

Occupation Jobs in SD Average Salary in SD
Dental Assistants 940 $37,820
Dental Hygienists 650 $64,580
Health Specialties Professors 160 $95,150
Dental Laboratory Technicians 100 $32,790

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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