2025 Best Dental Assisting/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Indiana
2Colleges in Indiana
74Associate Degrees
Dental Assisting/Assistant is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #81 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Dental Assisting/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Indiana ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 74 associate degrees in dental assisting/assistant to qualified students.
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Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on dental assisting/assistant students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of dental assisting/assistant students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized dental assisting/assistant related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for dental assisting/assistant students working on their associate degree.
More Ways to Rank Dental Assisting/Assistant Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Dental Assisting/Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Indiana ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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.