Dental Assistant Programs in the Austin area

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area

Programs

4 within 10 miles

Median pay here

$48,500

dental assistants, BLS May 2025

Lowest listed cost

$2,300

of 6 with a cost, DOL WIOA list and IPEDS

Dental Assistant Programs in the Austin area at a glance

Open to the public: 6 programs: 1 at colleges and schools (IPEDS), 5 known only from the WIOA list
Distance from Austin: 4 within 10 miles; nearest 3.6 miles, farthest 24.8 miles
Listed program cost: 6 of 6 list one: $2,300 to $18,400, middle $3,450 (DOL WIOA list and IPEDS)
Program length: 1 college lists a length: 9 months (IPEDS)
Completions, 2023-24: 58 dental assistant awards at the 1 college that reported any (IPEDS)
On the WIOA list: 5 of 6 on Texas's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025); middle completion 87% (3 report it)
Pay here: $48,500 median for dental assistants ($23.32 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $36,630 to $64,440; 3,010 employed in the metro area; Texas median $45,430 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

Program	Where	Type	Program cost	Length	Completions	Miles
Austin Dental Assistant SchoolWIOA list	Austin	WIOA list only	$3,450	Not reported		3.6
Austin Dental Assistant SchoolWIOA list	Austin	WIOA list only	$3,450	Not reported		3.9
The College of Health Care Professions-Austin	Austin	Certificate	$18,400	9 months	58	9.1
Austin Dental Assisting AcademyWIOA list	Austin	WIOA list only	$5,000	Not reported		9.5
Star of Texas Dental Assisting SchoolWIOA list	Austin	WIOA list only	$2,300	Not reported		13.6
Texas State UniversityWIOA list	San Marcos	WIOA list only	$2,695	Not reported		24.8

WIOA in Texas: 5,743 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 106 of them Dental assistant.
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