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Undergraduate Certificates in Dental Assisting/Assistant

11,513 Yearly Graduations
92% Women
56% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
This degree is more popular with female students, and about 56% of recent graduates were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 0.6% of dental assisting graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Dental Assisting Majors

During the most recent year for which data is available, 11,513 people earned their undergraduate certificate in dental assisting. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in dental assisting at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Undergraduate Certificate 11,513
Basic Certificate 4,122
Associate Degree 1,431
Bachelor’s Degree 2

Earnings of Dental Assisting Majors With Undergraduate Certificates

At this time, we do not have the data to estimate the median earnings for this class of people.

Student Debt

We do not have the data to calculate the median and range of debt loads for dental assisting students who are undergraduate certificate holders.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their undergraduate certificate in dental assisting. About 91.5% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 976
Women 10,537
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The racial-ethnic distribution of dental assisting undergraduate certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 361
Black or African American 1,974
Hispanic or Latino 3,722
White 3,115
International Students 64
Other Races/Ethnicities 2,277
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References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

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