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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 14,442 people earned their degree in dental assisting/assistant, making the major the 327th most popular in the United States.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 636 dental assisting/assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 22 dental assisting/assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,967 and $17,711 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the dental assisting/assistant program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Dental Assisting/Assistant in the Rocky Mountains Region (With Aid)

#1

College of Western Idaho

Nampa, Idaho

#2 in overall quality

$6,711 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Western Idaho landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Nampa, Idaho, and it awarded 8 associates’s dental assisting degrees in 2019-2020.

CWI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Dental Assisting/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. It costs about $6,711 for Rocky Mountains Region Associate Degree Dental Assisting students with aid per year to attend CWI.

Read more about Dental Assisting/Assistant at CWI

#2

Pikes Peak Community College

Colorado Springs, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$10,336 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pikes Peak Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, this fairly large public school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified associates’s dental assisting students in 2019-2020.

PPCC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Dental Assisting/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $10,336 for Rocky Mountains Region Associate Degree Dental Assisting students with aid per year to attend PPCC.

Full Pikes Peak Community College Dental Assisting/Assistant Report

#3

IBMC College

Fort Collins, Colorado

#3 in overall quality

$23,127 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend IBMC College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Dental Assisting Schools for an Associate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid. IBMC College is a small school located in Fort Collins, Colorado that handed out 2 associates’s dental assisting degrees in 2019-2020.

IBMC also took the #3 spot in our “Best Dental Assisting/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for IBMC is $23,127 for Rocky Mountains Region Associate Degree Dental Assisting students with aid.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Dental Assisting/Assistant at IBMC

• 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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