Dental Assisting/Assistant at Orange Coast College

If you plan to study dental assisting/assistant, take a look at what Orange Coast College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Orange Coast College is located in Costa Mesa, California and has a total student population of 18,125.

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.

Orange Coast College Dental Assisting/Assistant Degrees Available

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

Orange Coast College Dental Assisting/Assistant Rankings

Dental Assisting Student Demographics at Orange Coast College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental assisting majors at Orange Coast College.

Orange Coast College Dental Assisting/Assistant Associate’s Program

78% Women

100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of dental assisting associate's degrees went to men and 78% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in dental assisting only graduates about 8% men each year. The program at Orange Coast College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 14% more women than average.

Orange Coast College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in dental assisting graduates 41% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	0
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 CA, the home state for Orange Coast College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Dental Assistants	53,110	$41,030
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770

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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