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2023 Best Value Dental Support Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Dental Support Services Undergraduate Certificate School for You
In 2021-2022, dental support services students earned 726 degrees and certificates from a Tennessee school, making the subject the 8th in the state.
It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.
The Best Value Dental Support Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 17 schools in Tennessee to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for dental support students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
Top 10 Best Dental Support Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Volunteer State Community College the best value school in Tennessee for dental support services students working on their undergraduate certificate. VSCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Gallatin.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at VSCC are $4,404 per year.
VSCC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Dental Support Services Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Tennessee list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chattanooga State Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Dental Support Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list. Located in the city of Chattanooga, Chattanooga State Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Chattanooga State Community College are $4,430 per year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast State Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Dental Support Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list. Northeast State Technical Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of Blountville.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Northeast State Technical Community College are $4,422 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Dental Support Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list. South College is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Knoxville.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at South College are $17,335 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Daymar College - Clarksville. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Dental Support Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list. Located in the city of Clarksville, Daymar College - Clarksville is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Daymar College - Clarksville are $20,110 per year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, dental support majors at Daymar College - Clarksville accumulate an average of around $13,711 in student debt.
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With a ranking of #6, Miller-Motte College Chattanooga did quite well on this year’s best value schools for dental support services students working on their undergraduate certificate. MMC Chattanooga is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Chattanooga.
The average amount in student loans that dental support majors at MMC Chattanooga take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $10,996. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $44, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.
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Genesis Career College-Lebanon landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate dental support services programs. Genesis Career College-Lebanon is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the fringe town of Lebanon.
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Ross Medical Education Center - Johnson City did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for dental support services students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Ross - Johnson City is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Johnson City.
On average, dental support graduates from Ross - Johnson City take out $7,806 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.
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Genesis Career College-Cookeville ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Dental Support Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list. Genesis Career College-Cookeville is a small private for-profit school located in the town of Cookeville.
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Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Nashville came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Dental Support Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee ranking. Located in the city of Nashville, TCAT - Nashville is a public college with a small student population.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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South Carolina | 372 |
Georgia | 981 |
Arkansas | 155 |
North Carolina | 585 |
Florida | 1,989 |
Virginia | 375 |
Louisiana | 425 |
West Virginia | 163 |
Alabama | 224 |
Kentucky | 452 |
Mississippi | 358 |
Majors Related to Dental Support
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 |
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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 |
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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 17 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.