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Dental Assisting/Assistant at Broward College

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

BC is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and has a total student population of 33,243. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 9 students received their associate's degree in dental assisting.

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.

BC Dental Assisting/Assistant Degrees Available

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

BC Dental Assisting/Assistant Rankings

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Dental Assisting Student Demographics at BC

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

BC Dental Assisting/Assistant Associate’s Program

78% Women

67% 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 7% men each year. The program at BC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 15% more women than average.

BC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in dental assisting graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 FL, the home state for Broward College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Dental Assistants	19,180	$39,590
Health Specialties Professors	9,250	$80,990

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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