Dental Assisting/Assistant at Dakota County Technical College

If you are interested in studying dental assisting/assistant, you may want to check out the program at Dakota County Technical College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

DCTC is located in Rosemount, Minnesota and approximately 2,319 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Dental Assisting/Assistant section at the bottom of this page.

DCTC Dental Assisting/Assistant Degrees Available

Undergrad Certificate in Dental Assisting (1 - 4 Years)
Associate’s Degree in Dental Assisting

DCTC Dental Assisting/Assistant Rankings

Dental Assisting Student Demographics at DCTC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental assisting majors at Dakota County Technical College.

DCTC Dental Assisting/Assistant Associate’s Program

87% Women

47% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of dental assisting associate's degrees went to men and 87% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in dental assisting only graduates about 8% men each year. The program at DCTC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 5% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in dental assisting at DCTC are white. Around 53% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Dakota County Technical College with a associate's in dental assisting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Careers That Dental Assisting Grads May Go Into

A degree in dental assisting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MN, the home state for Dakota County Technical College.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Dental Assistants	5,730	$49,880

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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