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Best Value Dental Support Services Basic Certificate Schools in Illinois

2023 Best Value Dental Support Services Basic Certificate Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$8,914 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Dental Support Services Basic Certificate School for You

Dental Support Services is one of the most popular subjects to study in Illinois. With 747 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 10th out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Dental Support Services Basic Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Illinois to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for dental support students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.


 

2023 Best Value Dental Support Services Basic Certificate Schools in Illinois

Check out the dental support basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Dental Support Services

Our 2023 rankings named Elgin Community College the best value school in Illinois for dental support services students working on their basic certificate. ECC is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Elgin.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ECC are $7,140 per year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Lewis and Clark Community College is a great value for dental support services students working on their basic certificate. Lewis and Clark Community College is a small public school located in the suburb of Godfrey.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Lewis and Clark Community College are $9,552 a year.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Heartland Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value dental support services schools in Illinois. Located in the midsize suburb of Normal, Heartland Community College is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Heartland Community College are $10,050 per year.

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#4

First Institute of Travel, Inc

Crystal Lake, IL

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means First Institute of Travel, Inc is a great value for dental support services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the suburb of Crystal Lake, First Institute of Travel, Inc. is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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#4

State Career College

Gurnee, IL

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means State Career College is a great value for dental support services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the suburb of Gurnee, SCC is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Best Value Dental Support Services Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Dental Support Services Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 685
Indiana 449
Wisconsin 430
Ohio 847

One of 11 majors within the trade school area of study, dental support services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Dental Support Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Dental Assisting/Assistant 17,068
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist 8,524
Dental Laboratory Technology/Technician 323
Other Dental Services & Allied Professions 109

Majors Similar to Dental Support

Related Major Annual Graduates
Health & Medical Administrative Services 88,600
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 85,339
Allied Health Professions 83,905
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 83,587
Health Sciences & Services 36,762

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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