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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Dental Assisting/Assistant (Income $30-$48k) in Missouri

2 Ranked Colleges
53 Degrees Awarded
$6,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Dental Assisting/Assistant is the 327th most popular major in the country with 14,442 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Missouri, there were 273 dental assisting/assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 53 dental assisting/assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,631 and $21,057 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in dental assisting/assistant. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality dental assisting/assistant programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the dental assisting/assistant program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Dental Assisting/Assistant (Income $30-$48k) in Missouri

#1

Ozarks Technical Community College

Springfield, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ozarks Technical Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. OTC is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 48 associates’s dental assisting degrees to qualified students.

OTC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Dental Assisting/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Ozarks Technical Community College is $7,057 for Missouri Associate Degree Dental Assisting students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#2 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in Missouri For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City landed the #2 spot on the list. MCC is a fairly large public school situated in Kansas City, Missouri. It awarded 5 associates’s dental assisting degrees in 2019-2020.

MCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Dental Assisting/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Missouri” list. The yearly cost to attend MCC is $6,519 for Missouri Associate Degree Dental Assisting students whose families make $30-$48k.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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