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2023 Most Popular Dental Support Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Plains States Region

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Finding the Best Dental Support Services Basic Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, 26,024 dental support services students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #9 most popular in the country.

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Most Popular Dental Support Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the Plains States Region to see which basic certificate programs were the most popular for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Dental Support Services program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for dental support majors pursuing a basic certificate.

#1

Concorde Career Colleges

Kansas City, MO

Our 2023 rankings named Concorde Career Colleges the most popular school in the Plains States Region for dental support services students working on their basic certificate. Concorde Career Colleges is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Kansas City.

Of the 33 students majoring in dental support at Concorde Career Colleges, 6% are male and 94% are female.

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#2

Midwest Institute

Fenton, MO

Out of the 7 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Midwest Institute landed the # 2 spot on the list. Midwest Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Fenton.

Women make up 97% of the dental support majors at the school.

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Out of the 7 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Iowa Tech Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Western Iowa Tech Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Sioux City.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Eastern Iowa Community College District is a great place for dental support services students working on their basic certificate. Eastern Iowa Community Colleges is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Davenport.

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The in-demand basic certificate programs at Metropolitan State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular dental support services schools in the Plains States Region . Metro State is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Saint Paul.

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Out of the 7 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rochester Community and Technical College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Rochester, Rochester Community and Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minneapolis Community and Technical College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Dental Support Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Plains States Region list. Minneapolis Community and Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

About 92% of the students majoring in dental support at the school are women while 8% are male.

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Best Dental Support Services Colleges by State

Explore the best dental support services colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 162
Missouri 420
Minnesota 698
South Dakota 79
Iowa 296
North Dakota 30
Nebraska 126

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 7 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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