Dental Support Services at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

If you plan to study dental support services, take a look at what The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UT Health San Antonio is located in San Antonio, Texas and has a total student population of 3,478.

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.

 

UT Health San Antonio Dental Support Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Support

Online Classes Are Available at UT Health San Antonio

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

UT Health San Antonio does offer online education options in dental support for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

UT Health San Antonio Dental Support Services Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the dental support progam at UT Health San Antonio compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The dental support major at UT Health San Antonio 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Dental Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	20
Best Value Dental Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	25
Most Focused Dental Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	31
Most Popular Dental Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	52
	52
Best Dental Support Services Trade Schools	58
Best Value Dental Support Services Schools	322
Most Popular Dental Support Services Trade Schools	382
	417
Most Focused Dental Support Services Trade Schools	519

Earnings of UT Health San Antonio Dental Support Graduates

The median salary of dental support students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Health San Antonio is $56,377. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $57,085 for all dental support students.

Dental Support Student Demographics at UT Health San Antonio

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental support majors at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

UT Health San Antonio Dental Support Services Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 dental support majors earned their bachelor's degree from UT Health San Antonio. Of these graduates, 8% were men and 92% were women. The typical dental support bachelor's degree program is made up of only 7% men. So male students are more repesented at UT Health San Antonio since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities in its dental support bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio with a bachelor's in dental support.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UT Health San Antonio also has a doctoral program available in dental support. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist	24

Related Majors

• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Allied Health Professions

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Dental Assistants	30,290	$36,820
Health Specialties Professors	13,930	$139,540
Dental Hygienists	13,850	$75,300
Dental Laboratory Technicians	2,260	$41,840

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By AMAPO under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.