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2023 Best Value Dental Support Services Associate Degree Schools in Kentucky

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$4,528 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,003 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Dental Support Services Associate Degree School for You

Dental Support Services is the #14 most popular major in Kentucky with 97 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Value Dental Support Services Associate Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Kentucky to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for dental support students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Dental Support Services Associate Degree Schools in Kentucky

Check out the dental support associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Kentucky Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Dental Support Services

Our 2023 rankings named Bluegrass Community and Technical College the best value school in Kentucky for dental support services students working on their associate degree. Bluegrass Community and Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Lexington.

Bluegrass Community and Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,568 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their Associate Degree, dental support majors at Bluegrass Community and Technical College accumulate an average of around $20,034 in student debt.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Bluegrass Community and Technical College is ranked #5 for overall quality for dental support in Kentucky.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Big Sandy Community and Technical College is a great value for dental support services students working on their associate degree. Located in the town of Prestonsburg, Big Sandy Community and Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Big Sandy Community and Technical College are $4,488 a year. While working on their Associate Degree, dental support majors at Big Sandy Community and Technical College accumulate an average of around $19,988 in student debt.

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#3

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

The excellent associate degree programs at Western Kentucky University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value dental support services schools in Kentucky. Located in the city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public college with a large student population.

WKU undergraduate students pay an average of $10,992 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

WKU also took the #1 spot in our Best Dental Support Services Associate Degree Schools in Kentucky rankings.

Read full report on Dental Support Services at Western Kentucky University

Best Value Dental Support Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Dental Support Services Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 349
North Carolina 224
Tennessee 260
Georgia 365
West Virginia 130
Virginia 225
Louisiana 92
Mississippi 103
South Carolina 119
Alabama 91
Arkansas 52

Dental Support Services is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Dental Support Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Dental Assisting/Assistant 17,223
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist 8,807
Dental Laboratory Technology/Technician 287
Other Dental Services & Allied Professions 82

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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