2023 Best Value Dental Support Services Associate Degree Schools in Missouri
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Dental Support Services Associate Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 171 degrees and certificates were awarded to dental support services students who went to a Missouri college or university. This makes it the #15 most popular major in the state.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
The Best Value Dental Support Services Associate Degree Schools in Missouri ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in Missouri 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.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Missouri Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Dental Support Services
Our 2023 rankings named State Fair Community College the best value school in Missouri for dental support services students working on their associate degree. Located in the town of Sedalia, State Fair Community College is a public college with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at State Fair Community College are $4,680 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Saint Louis Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Dental Support Services Associate Degree Schools in Missouri list. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, Saint Louis Community College is a public college with a large student population.
Saint Louis Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,295 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Dental Support majors at Saint Louis Community College take out an average of $11,867 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ozarks Technical Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Dental Support Services Associate Degree Schools in Missouri list. Located in the city of Springfield, OTC is a public school with a large student population.
OTC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,924 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their Associate Degree, dental support majors at OTC accumulate an average of around $17,826 in student debt.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri Southern State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Dental Support Services Associate Degree Schools in Missouri list. Missouri Southern is a small public school located in the small city of Joplin.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Missouri Southern are $7,762 per year. The average amount in student loans that dental support majors at Missouri Southern take out while working on their Associate Degree is $22,770.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Missouri Southern is ranked #5 for overall quality for dental support in Missouri.
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Out of the 6 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City landed the # 5 spot on the list. MCC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Kansas City.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MCC are $6,840 per year.
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Concorde Career Colleges did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for dental support services students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Concorde Career Colleges is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Kansas City.
After completing their Associate Degree, dental support graduates from Concorde Career Colleges carry an average student debtload of $27,573. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $402.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Minnesota | 461 |
Iowa | 138 |
Nebraska | 72 |
Kansas | 133 |
South Dakota | 43 |
North Dakota | 22 |
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Majors Related to Dental Support
Dental Support Services is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.
Dental Support Focus Areas
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Dental Assisting/Assistant | 17,223 |
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist | 8,807 |
Dental Laboratory Technology/Technician | 287 |
Other Dental Services & Allied Professions | 82 |
Majors Similar to Dental Support
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 6 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.