Program Payoff

Dental Support Services and Allied Professions programs in Arizona

26 schools in Arizona teach this, at certificate or associate level. 21 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $63,402 at Pima Medical Institute-Tucson.

What this work pays in Arizona

Dental Assistants in Arizona earn a median of $49,000 a year across 8,680 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Arizona
Dental Hygienists$101,0104,530
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$99,0003,620
Dental Laboratory Technicians$47,930950

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Pima Medical Institute-Tucson Tucson Associate's degree $32,498 $63,402 (119 grads)
Carrington College-Mesa Mesa Associate's degree $27,688 $53,775 (62 grads) 55
Carrington College-Phoenix North Phoenix Associate's degree $27,688 $53,775 (62 grads)
Rio Salado College Tempe Associate's degree $8,125 $52,941 (16 grads) 20
Pima Community College Tucson Associate's degree $8,731 $50,231 (37 grads) 30
Mesa Community College Mesa Associate's degree $44,170 (26 grads) 18
Phoenix College Phoenix Associate's degree $9,000 $32,467 (46 grads) 75
Pima Community College Tucson Undergraduate certificate $27,947 (14 grads) 22
Pima Medical Institute-Mesa Mesa Undergraduate certificate $8,508 $25,121 (1,209 grads) 49
Pima Medical Institute-Tucson Tucson Undergraduate certificate $8,508 $25,121 (1,209 grads) 93
Arizona College of Nursing-Tempe Tempe Undergraduate certificate $9,680 $25,016 (130 grads)
Arizona College-Glendale Glendale Undergraduate certificate $9,680 $25,016 (130 grads) 24
Arizona College-Mesa Mesa Undergraduate certificate $9,680 $25,016 (130 grads) 12
Brookline College-Phoenix Phoenix Undergraduate certificate $9,226 $24,035 (68 grads) 10
Brookline College-Tempe Tempe Undergraduate certificate $9,226 $24,035 (68 grads) 14
Carrington College-Mesa Mesa Undergraduate certificate $8,789 $22,493 (528 grads) 87
Carrington College-Phoenix North Phoenix Undergraduate certificate $8,789 $22,493 (528 grads) 147
Carrington College-Tucson Tucson Undergraduate certificate $8,789 $22,493 (528 grads) 71
UEI College-Mesa Mesa Undergraduate certificate $9,500 $20,628 (627 grads) 16
UEI College-Phoenix Phoenix Undergraduate certificate $9,500 $20,628 (627 grads) 179
Pima Medical Institute-Phoenix Phoenix Undergraduate certificate $8,192 $20,140 (53 grads) 36
Mohave Community College Kingman Associate's degree not published 17
Eastern Arizona College Thatcher Undergraduate certificate not published 9
Mohave Community College Kingman Undergraduate certificate not published 2
Phoenix College Phoenix Undergraduate certificate not published 41
Rio Salado College Tempe Undergraduate certificate not published 0

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.