Best Dental Support Professions Programs in Texas (2026)
Updated
This page lists the 5 Dental Support Professions programs in Texas by median earnings of Dental Support Professions graduates four years after completing. Midwestern State University ranks 1st on this list, with $74,347 in median earnings for its Dental Support Professions graduates four years after completing. The figures range from $74,347 to $64,980, with a median of $70,132.
The list includes 5 public institutions and 0 private nonprofit institutions. Midwestern State University posts the lowest average net price on the page at $11,656.
Texas A&M University-College Station ranks 25th on Azimuth's composite ranking among nonprofit four-year institutions.
The ranked list
| Rank | School | Program Earnings | Average net price | Net price, families under $30K | Admission rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Midwestern State University · Wichita Falls, TX | $74,347 | $11,656 | $8,856 | 93.5% |
| Midwestern State University ranks 1st on this list, with median earnings of $74,347 for its Dental Support Professions graduates four years after completing. | |||||
| 2 | The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · San Antonio, TX | $71,120 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio reports median federal debt of $20,000 among Dental Support Professions completers who borrowed, alongside earnings of $71,120 four years after completing. | |||||
| 3 | Texas A&M University-College Station · College Station, TX | $70,132 | $21,315 | $12,784 | 57.4% |
| Texas A&M University-College Station admits 57% of applicants and posts median earnings of $70,132 for its Dental Support Professions graduates four years after completing. | |||||
| 4 | Texas Woman's University · Denton, TX | $66,034 | $11,963 | $9,948 | 96.1% |
| Graduates of the Dental Support Professions program at Texas Woman's University earned a median of $66,034 four years after completing, and the school's average net price is $11,963. | |||||
| 5 | The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · Houston, TX | $64,980 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ranks 228th on Azimuth's composite ranking among nonprofit four-year institutions, and its Dental Support Professions graduates earned a median of $64,980 four years after completing. | |||||
How this list is ordered
Programs are ordered by the median earnings of their Dental Support Professions graduates four years after completing, highest first. Only programs with a reported earnings cohort in Texas appear. The figures represent the median earnings of federally aided Dental Support Professions graduates who were working and not enrolled four years after completing. The metric does not adjust for graduate school enrollment, cost, or the characteristics of the students who enroll, and it is not a measure of teaching quality. Midwestern State University leads The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio by $3,227, and the spread from the top of the list to the bottom is $9,367.
Job market context in Texas
The occupations linked to Dental Support Professions in Texas include such as Dental Assistants, Dental Hygienists, and Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary. The median annual wage across those occupations is $73,042; a quarter of workers in those occupations earn less than $57,307. Projections for 2024 to 2034 put employment in those occupations about 22.2% higher, with 9,280 openings a year and about 5,303 openings a year for every hundred graduates, more projected openings than graduates. Wages and top occupations exclude management occupations; openings include them. The ranking above uses the median earnings of graduates four years after completing, which is a different measure from the occupational wage figures described here.
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