Dental Assisting/Assistant at University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences

What traits are you looking for in a dental assisting school? To help you decide if University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's dental assisting program.

UPR Medical Sciences is located in San Juan, Puerto Rico and has a total student population of 2,218.

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.

UPR Medical Sciences Dental Assisting/Assistant Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Dental Assisting

UPR Medical Sciences Dental Assisting/Assistant Rankings

Dental Assisting Student Demographics at UPR Medical Sciences

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental assisting majors at University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences.

UPR Medical Sciences Dental Assisting/Assistant Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of dental assisting associate's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in dental assisting only graduates about 8% men each year. The program at UPR Medical Sciences may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 33% more women than average.

UPR Medical Sciences 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 University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences with a associate's in dental assisting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

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 PR, the home state for University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences.

Occupation	Jobs in PR	Average Salary in PR

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Roca Ruiz under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.