by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Dental Hygiene/Hygienist. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Dental Support Services is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Tarrant County College District. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the associate degree program in dental support, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Tarrant County College paid an average of $305 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $126 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $3,402 | $8,235 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,631 | $1,631 |
Learn more about Tarrant County College tuition and fees.
dental support who receive their associate degree from Tarrant County College make an average of $59,741 a year during the early days of their career. That is 35% higher than the national average of $44,256.
Tarrant County College does not offer an online option for its dental support associate degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Tarrant County College Online Learning page.
Women made up around 95.2% of the dental support students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 94.0%.
Of those graduates who received an associate degree in dental support at Tarrant County College in 2019-2020, 42.9% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 37%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 3 |
| Black or African American | 2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 12 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Dental Support Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Dental Hygiene/Hygienist | 21 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to dental support services.
*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.
