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Dental assistant program at Milan Institute-Palm Desert
Palm Desert, CA · Private for-profit less-than-2-year · (760) 469-4545 · School website
School takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Council on Occupational Education
The program in figures
- Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (12 weeks to under 1 year)
- $16,300
- LengthIPEDS
- 845 clock hours, 11 months
- CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
- 14
- Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard, 66 graduates
- $24,473
- Median earnings, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard
- $31,269
- Median federal debtCollege Scorecard, about $95 a month over 10 years
- $8,919
- National median, same field, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard, all schools
- $33,673
- Typical pay for dental assistantsBLS OEWS May 2025, Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- $48,500
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About this program
Milan Institute-Palm Desert awarded 14 dental assistant credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its number 4 career program of 7 we list. Its listed tuition of $16,300 compares with a California median wage of $50,110 for dental assistants (BLS, May 2025).
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