2025 Best Dental Assisting/Assistant Schools in Texas

A degree in dental assisting/assistant is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #330 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Dental Assisting/Assistant Schools in Texas ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 1,459 degrees in dental assisting/assistant to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Dental Assisting/Assistant Schools List

Pick Your Dental Assisting/Assistant Degree Level

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Dental Assisting/Assistant Schools in Texas list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Dental Assisting/Assistant in Texas

The schools below may not offer all types of dental assisting degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Texas Schools in Dental Assisting

1

Grayson College
Denison, TX

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

Grayson College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in dental assisting/assistant. Grayson College is a small public college located in the rural area of Denison.More information about a degree in dental assisting/assistant from Grayson College

2

El Paso Community College
El Paso, TX

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

11.1% Growth in Graduates

El Paso Community College is a good option for students pursuing a degree in dental assisting/assistant. Located in the large city of El Paso, El Paso Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree 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 Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Arizona	670	28
Oklahoma	565	11
New Mexico	416	3

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Rankings in Majors Related to Dental Assisting

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

Most Popular Majors Related to Dental Assisting

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist	619
Dental Laboratory Technology/Technician	1

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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.