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Dental assistant program at Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City

Kansas City, MO · Public 2-year · (816) 604-1000 · School website

On Missouri's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025) School takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Higher Learning Commission

The program in figures

Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (1 to under 2 years)
Not reported
LengthIPEDS
Not reported
CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
10
Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard
Not published (small cohort)
National median, same field, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard, all schools
$33,673
Typical pay for dental assistantsBLS OEWS May 2025, Kansas City, MO-KS
$48,190

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

Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City awarded 10 dental assistant credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its number 5 career program of 7 we list.

AwardCIPCompletionsLengthTuition
Certificate (1 to under 2 years)51.0601 Dental Assisting/Assistant6Not reportedNot reported
Associate degree51.0601 Dental Assisting/Assistant4Not reportedNot reported

On Missouri'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 AssistingC1-certificate 1 Year But < 2 Year · Hybrid (in person and online) · CIP 51.0601$6,776+ $6,738 books64 weeks, 15 hours a weekSuppressedSuppressedSuppressedSuppressed
Dental AssistingAas-2 Year Degree · Hybrid (in person and online) · CIP 51.0601$9,438+ $5,744 books80 weeks, 16 hours a weekSuppressedSuppressedSuppressed15

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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