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Dental Support Services at Yakima Valley College

Dental Support Services at Yakima Valley College

If you plan to study dental support services, take a look at what Yakima Valley College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

YVC is located in Yakima, Washington and approximately 3,954 students attend the school each year.

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.

YVC Dental Support Services Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Dental Support (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Support

YVC Dental Support Services Rankings

The dental support major at YVC 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.

Dental Support Student Demographics at YVC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental support majors at Yakima Valley College.

YVC Dental Support Services Bachelor’s Program

94% Women
44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 6% of dental support bachelor's degrees went to men and 94% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 9
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Dental Support Services

Dental Support Services majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Yakima Valley College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist 21

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 WA, the home state for Yakima Valley College.

Occupation Jobs in WA Average Salary in WA
Dental Assistants 10,510 $43,680
Dental Hygienists 6,010 $90,690
Health Specialties Professors 3,470 $155,090
Dental Laboratory Technicians 690 $43,710

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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