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Dental assistant program at Delta Technical College-Mississippi

Horn Lake, MS · Private for-profit less-than-2-year · (662) 280-1443 · School website

On Mississippi's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025) School takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges

The program in figures

Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (1 to under 2 years)
$16,490
Books and suppliesIPEDS 2024-25
$210
Listed cost
$16,700
LengthIPEDS
900 clock hours, 9 months
CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
138
Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard, 558 graduates
$22,815
Median earnings, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard
$29,448
Median federal debtCollege Scorecard, about $101 a month over 10 years
$9,500
National median, same field, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard, all schools
$33,673
Typical pay for dental assistantsBLS OEWS May 2025, Memphis, TN-MS-AR
$48,200

Every line comes from the federal file named under it. A blank means the source does not publish the figure for this program; we never estimate it.

About this program

Delta Technical College-Mississippi awarded 138 dental assistant credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its number 5 career program of 9 we list. Its listed tuition of $16,490 compares with a Mississippi median wage of $39,160 for dental assistants (BLS, May 2025).

On Mississippi's WIOA eligible training provider list

People who meet WIOA's rules for training services can have their local workforce board pay for a program on the state's eligible training provider list. Limits vary by area. How WIOA training funds work.

Listed programTuition and feesLengthCompletedEmployed, 2nd quarterMedian earnings, 2nd quarterStudents who exited
Dental Assisting Technology - CertificateDiploma · In person · CIP 51.0601$15,340+ $200 books35 weeks, 22 hours a week55.1%71.8%$4,46578

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171): programs on state lists as of June 30, 2025; outcomes for all students who exited between July 2021 and June 2025, not only WIOA-funded ones. Median earnings are one quarter's pay in the second quarter after exit. Suppressed means DOL withheld the figure (a small group, nothing reported, or a data quality hold); for length it can also mean a competency-based program. Matched to this page by provider name, address and field of study (CIP code).

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