2025 Best Dental Assisting/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Texas

If you pursue a associate degree in dental assisting/assistant, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #81 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Texas to determine which ones were the best for dental assisting/assistant students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 37 associate degrees in dental assisting/assistant during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on dental assisting/assistant students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of dental assisting/assistant students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized dental assisting/assistant related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for dental assisting/assistant students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Dental Assisting/Assistant Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Dental Assisting/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Texas ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Dental Assisting/Assistant in Texas

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in dental assisting/assistant.

Top Texas Schools for an Associate in Dental Assisting

1

Grayson College
Denison, TX

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

Grayson College is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in dental assisting/assistant. Located in the rural area of Denison, Grayson College is a public college with a small student population.More information about a associate in dental assisting/assistant from Grayson College

2

El Paso Community College
El Paso, TX

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

6 Annual Graduates

El Paso Community College is a wonderful option for students pursuing an associate degree in dental assisting/assistant. El Paso Community College is a very large public college located in the large city of El Paso.More information about a associate in dental assisting/assistant from El Paso Community College

Best Dental Assisting/Assistant Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Dental Assisting/Assistant Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Arizona	349	28
New Mexico	255	3
Oklahoma	222	11

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Dental Assisting/Assistant Related Rankings by Major

Dental Assisting/Assistant is one of 3 different types of Dental Support Services programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Dental Assisting

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist	469

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.