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Dental Assistant Programs in the San Diego area
8 dental assistant programs in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro area, listed by distance from San Diego.
Programs
8
1 within 10 miles
Median pay here
$58,120
dental assistants, BLS May 2025
Lowest listed cost
$6,495
of 6 with a cost, IPEDS
Dental assistant programs, nearest to San Diego first
| Program | Where | Type | Program cost | Length | Completions | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Mesa College | San Diego | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 32 | 4.4 |
| California RDA InstituteWIOA list | San Diego | WIOA list only | $6,495 | Not reported | 10.8 | |
| Concorde Career College-San Diego | San Diego | Certificate | $18,647 | 10 months | 106 | 11.9 |
| Pima Medical Institute-Chula Vista | Chula Vista | Certificate | $18,815 | 7 months | 43 | 17.5 |
| Pima Medical Institute-San Marcos | San Marcos | Certificate | $18,815 | 8 months | 51 | 18.6 |
| UEI College-Chula Vista | Chula Vista | Certificate | $19,900 | 9 months | 130 | 18.7 |
| Palomar College | San Marcos | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 20 | 19.6 |
| UEI College-Oceanside | Oceanside | Certificate | $19,900 | 9 months | 69 | 26.0 |
The metro area is the federal (OMB) metropolitan statistical area, so suburbs count with their city. Miles are measured from the city's center to the school's address or ZIP code center.
Paying for training in the San Diego area
- WIOA in California: 4,171 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 69 of them Dental assistant.
- Pell Grants for short programs
- Workforce Pell
- GI Bill
Other California metro areas
- Los Angeles area33 programs
- San Francisco area13 programs
- Riverside area12 programs
- Fresno area5 programs
- Sacramento area5 programs
- San Jose area4 programs