2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Dental Assisting/Assistant in the New England Region (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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

Across the New England region, there were 350 dental assisting/assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 6 dental assisting/assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent dental assisting/assistant programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the dental assisting/assistant program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region associate degree dental assisting students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Dental Assisting/Assistant in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Maine at Augusta

Augusta, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$10,631 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Augusta landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Maine at Augusta is located in Augusta, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 associates’s dental assisting degrees to qualified students.

UMA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Dental Assisting/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UMA is $10,631 for New England Region Associate Degree Dental Assisting students with aid.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Dental Assisting/Assistant (With Aid)

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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