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Dental Assistant Programs in the McAllen area
4 dental assistant programs in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro area, listed by distance from McAllen.
Programs
4
3 within 10 miles
Median pay here
$37,230
dental assistants, BLS May 2025
Lowest listed cost
$1,799
of 4 with a cost, IPEDS
Dental assistant programs, nearest to McAllen first
| Program | Where | Type | Program cost | Length | Completions | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Continuing Education ProgramWIOA list | Edinburg | WIOA list only | $1,799 | Not reported | 4.6 | |
| The College of Health Care Professions-McAllen Campus | McAllen | Certificate | $17,400 | 9 months | 66 | 4.8 |
| Miller-Motte College-STVT-McAllenWIOA list | McAllen | Certificate | $26,220 | 15 months | 67 | 5.4 |
| South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Weslaco | Weslaco | Certificate | $26,220 | 15 months | 62 | 10.1 |
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 McAllen area
- WIOA in Texas: 5,743 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 106 of them Dental assistant.
- Pell Grants for short programs
- Workforce Pell
- GI Bill
Other Texas metro areas
- Dallas area20 programs
- Houston area9 programs
- Austin area6 programs
- San Antonio area5 programs