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Dental Assisting/Assistant at College of San Mateo

What traits are you looking for in a dental assisting school? To help you decide if College of San Mateo is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's dental assisting program.

CSM is located in San Mateo, California and approximately 7,494 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 2 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.

CSM Dental Assisting/Assistant Degrees Available

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

CSM Dental Assisting/Assistant Rankings

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Dental Assisting Student Demographics at CSM

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

CSM Dental Assisting/Assistant Associate’s Program

50% Women

100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of dental assisting associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

CSM does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in dental assisting graduates 43% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

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 CA, the home state for College of San Mateo.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Dental Assistants	53,110	$41,030
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770

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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