Dental Assisting/Assistant at Phoenix College

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

Phoenix College is located in Phoenix, Arizona and approximately 9,538 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.

Phoenix College Dental Assisting/Assistant Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in Dental Assisting (Less Than 1 Year)
Associate’s Degree in Dental Assisting

Phoenix College Dental Assisting/Assistant Rankings

Dental Assisting Student Demographics at Phoenix College

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

Phoenix College Dental Assisting/Assistant Associate’s Program

81% Women

94% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of dental assisting associate's degrees went to men and 81% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in dental assisting only graduates about 8% men each year. The program at Phoenix College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 10% more women than average.

Phoenix College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in dental assisting graduates 35% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Dental Hygiene/Hygienist

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 AZ, the home state for Phoenix College.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Dental Assistants	6,850	$40,680
Health Specialties Professors	3,660	$133,640

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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