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Dental Support Services at Northern Arizona University

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Dental Support Services at Northern Arizona University

Every dental support services school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the dental support program at Northern Arizona University stacks up to those at other schools.

NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and approximately 29,566 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 57 dental support majors received their bachelor's degree from NAU.

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

NAU Dental Support Services Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Support

NAU Dental Support Services Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks dental support programs across the country. The following shows how NAU performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The dental support major at NAU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Dental Support Services. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Popular Dental Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools 12
Best Value Dental Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools 32
Most Focused Dental Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools 61
Best Value Dental Support Services Schools 352

Earnings of NAU Dental Support Graduates

The median salary of dental support students who receive their bachelor's degree at NAU is $57,623. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 1% higher than the national average of $57,085 for all dental support bachelor's degree recipients.

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Dental Support Student Demographics at NAU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental support majors at Northern Arizona University.

NAU Dental Support Services Bachelor’s Program

95% Women
51% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 57 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Dental Support Services from NAU in 2020-2021, 5% were men and 95% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its dental support bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northern Arizona University with a bachelor's in dental support.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 23
White 27
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

NAU also has a doctoral program available in dental support. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Dental Support Grads May Go Into

A degree in dental support can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AZ, the home state for Northern Arizona University.

Occupation Jobs in AZ Average Salary in AZ
Dental Assistants 6,850 $40,680
Health Specialties Professors 3,660 $133,640
Dental Hygienists 3,200 $85,890
Dental Laboratory Technicians 470 $45,240

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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