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Dental Assistant Programs in the Chicago area
7 dental assistant programs in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area (Illinois, Indiana), listed by distance from Chicago.
Programs
7
in the metro area
Median pay here
$48,950
dental assistants, BLS May 2025
Lowest listed cost
$2,500
of 2 with a cost, IPEDS
Dental assistant programs, nearest to Chicago first
| Program | Where | Type | Program cost | Length | Completions | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midwestern Career CollegeWIOA list | Chicago, IL | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 12 | 10.3 |
| MDT College of Health Sciences | Chicago, IL | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | 10.6 |
| Elgin Community College | Elgin, IL | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 37 | 26.3 |
| Prairie State College | Chicago Heights, IL | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 15 | 29.1 |
| State Career College | Gurnee, IL | Certificate | $2,500 | 4 months | 4 | 31.1 |
| First Institute of Travel, Inc. | Crystal Lake, IL | Certificate | $16,975 | 12 months | 21 | 33.3 |
| Indiana University-Northwest | Gary, IN | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 15 | 35.7 |
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 Chicago area
- WIOA in Illinois: 3,233 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 33 of them Dental assistant.
- Pell Grants for short programs
- Workforce Pell
- GI Bill