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Dental Assisting/Assistant at San Jose City College

If you are interested in studying dental assisting/assistant, you may want to check out the program at San Jose City College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

San Jose City College is located in San Jose, California and approximately 8,378 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 5 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.

San Jose City College Dental Assisting/Assistant Degrees Available

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

San Jose City College Dental Assisting/Assistant Rankings

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Dental Assisting Student Demographics at San Jose City College

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

San Jose City College Dental Assisting/Assistant Associate’s Program

80% Women

100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of dental assisting associate's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

San Jose City College 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 San Jose City College with a associate's in dental assisting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
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 San Jose City College.

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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