Dental Support Services and Allied Professions programs in Texas
66 schools in Texas teach this, at certificate or associate level. 46 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $65,905 at Austin Community College District.
What this work pays in Texas
Dental Assistants in Texas earn a median of $45,430 a year across 33,230 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.
| Also leads to | Median | Jobs in Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | $108,150 | 18,960 |
| Dental Hygienists | $99,240 | 16,380 |
| Dental Laboratory Technicians | $46,330 | 1,770 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Community College District Austin | Associate's degree | — | $65,905 (14 grads) | 14 |
| Pima Medical Institute-Houston Houston | Associate's degree | $32,498 | $63,402 (119 grads) | 38 |
| Concorde Career College-Dallas Dallas | Associate's degree | $25,250 | $61,702 (113 grads) | 43 |
| Temple College Temple | Associate's degree | — | $61,020 (16 grads) | 12 |
| Howard College Big Spring | Associate's degree | — | $59,648 (15 grads) | 14 |
| Wharton County Junior College Wharton | Associate's degree | — | $59,485 (27 grads) | 16 |
| El Paso Community College El Paso | Associate's degree | — | $56,415 (21 grads) | 34 |
| Tarrant County College District Fort Worth | Associate's degree | — | $56,415 (24 grads) | 23 |
| Concorde Career College-San Antonio San Antonio | Associate's degree | $25,250 | $55,406 (123 grads) | 46 |
| Tyler Junior College Tyler | Associate's degree | $13,000 | $53,775 (26 grads) | 26 |
| Blinn College District Brenham | Associate's degree | — | $53,608 (21 grads) | 14 |
| Houston City College Houston | Associate's degree | — | $52,941 (19 grads) | 26 |
| Collin County Community College District McKinney | Associate's degree | — | $52,107 (14 grads) | 15 |
| Lamar Institute of Technology Beaumont | Associate's degree | — | $50,439 (35 grads) | 21 |
| Texas State Technical College Waco | Associate's degree | $12,955 | $50,439 (28 grads) | 15 |
| Amarillo College Amarillo | Associate's degree | $12,000 | $48,600 (37 grads) | 25 |
| Remington College-Dallas Campus Dallas | Associate's degree | $23,250 | $47,885 (76 grads) | — |
| Del Mar College Corpus Christi | Associate's degree | — | $43,240 (38 grads) | 33 |
| Lamar State College-Orange Orange | Undergraduate certificate | — | $28,055 (11 grads) | 20 |
| Pima Medical Institute-El Paso El Paso | Undergraduate certificate | $8,508 | $25,121 (1,209 grads) | 61 |
| Pima Medical Institute-Houston Houston | Undergraduate certificate | $8,508 | $25,121 (1,209 grads) | 62 |
| Pima Medical Institute-San Antonio San Antonio | Undergraduate certificate | $8,508 | $25,121 (1,209 grads) | 20 |
| Concorde Career College-Dallas Dallas | Undergraduate certificate | $8,871 | $25,024 (246 grads) | 52 |
| Amarillo College Amarillo | Undergraduate certificate | — | $24,421 (14 grads) | — |
| PCI Health Training Center Dallas | Undergraduate certificate | $8,095 | $23,719 (50 grads) | 34 |
| Remington College-Dallas Campus Dallas | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $23,185 (429 grads) | — |
| Remington College-Fort Worth Campus North Richland Hills | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $23,185 (429 grads) | 18 |
| Remington College-Houston Southeast Campus League City | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $23,185 (429 grads) | 15 |
| Concorde Career College-San Antonio San Antonio | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $22,420 (398 grads) | 119 |
| Texas State Technical College Waco | Undergraduate certificate | $5,500 | $22,306 (109 grads) | — |
| Concorde Career College-Grand Prairie Grand Prairie | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $21,964 (144 grads) | 74 |
| College of Health Care Professions Houston | Undergraduate certificate | $6,361 | $21,744 (180 grads) | 37 |
| The College of Health Care Professions-Fort Worth Fort Worth | Undergraduate certificate | $6,361 | $21,744 (180 grads) | 50 |
| The College of Health Care Professions-McAllen Campus McAllen | Undergraduate certificate | $6,361 | $21,744 (180 grads) | 98 |
| The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest Houston | Undergraduate certificate | $6,361 | $21,744 (180 grads) | 85 |
| The College of Health Care Professions-South San Antonio San Antonio | Undergraduate certificate | $6,361 | $21,744 (180 grads) | 77 |
| The College of Health Care Professions-Southwest Houston Houston | Undergraduate certificate | $6,361 | $21,744 (180 grads) | 50 |
| Milan Institute-Amarillo Amarillo | Undergraduate certificate | $8,919 | $21,632 (69 grads) | 6 |
| The College of Health Care Professions-Austin Austin | Undergraduate certificate | $8,859 | $20,596 (61 grads) | 40 |
| The College of Health Care Professions-Dallas Dallas | Undergraduate certificate | $8,859 | $20,596 (61 grads) | 34 |
| Milan Institute-San Antonio Ingram San Antonio | Undergraduate certificate | $8,386 | $20,482 (102 grads) | — |
| Fortis Institute Houston | Undergraduate certificate | $13,000 | $19,683 (38 grads) | 21 |
| Miller-Motte College-STVT-Corpus Christi Corpus Christi | Undergraduate certificate | $10,835 | $19,455 (322 grads) | 37 |
| Miller-Motte College-STVT-McAllen McAllen | Undergraduate certificate | $10,835 | $19,455 (322 grads) | 87 |
| South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Brownsville Brownsville | Undergraduate certificate | $10,835 | $19,455 (322 grads) | 54 |
| South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Weslaco Weslaco | Undergraduate certificate | $10,835 | $19,455 (322 grads) | 36 |
| San Antonio College San Antonio | Associate's degree | — | not published | 12 |
| Coastal Bend College Beeville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 26 |
| Concorde Career College-Grand Prairie Grand Prairie | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Dallas College Dallas | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Del Mar College Corpus Christi | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 8 |
| El Paso Community College El Paso | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 11 |
| Grayson College Denison | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 19 |
| Grayson College Denison | Associate's degree | — | not published | 10 |
| Houston City College Houston | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 22 |
| Howard College Big Spring | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Jacksonville College-Main Campus Jacksonville | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Lamar State College-Orange Orange | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Lone Star College System The Woodlands | Associate's degree | — | not published | 13 |
| Navarro College Corsicana | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| San Antonio College San Antonio | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 13 |
| Southwest College for the Deaf Big Spring | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Tarrant County College District Fort Worth | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 10 |
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 6 |
| Tyler Junior College Tyler | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 23 |
| Vernon College Vernon | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 7 |
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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The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Dental Support Services and Allied Professions — nothing else, and nothing in between.
Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.