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Dental assistant program at Milan Institute-Visalia

Visalia, CA · Private for-profit less-than-2-year · (559) 684-3900 · School website

On California's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025) 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)
$15,725
LengthIPEDS
845 clock hours, 11 months
CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
46
Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard, 91 graduates
$27,394
Median earnings, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard
$37,097
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, Visalia, CA
$46,630

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

Milan Institute-Visalia awarded 46 dental assistant credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its number 5 career program of 6 we list. Its listed tuition of $15,725 compares with a California median wage of $50,110 for dental assistants (BLS, May 2025).

On California'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 AssistantDental Assisting · In person · CIP 51.0601$15,129+ $1,170 books43 weeks, 25 hours a week67.9%55.3%Suppressed299

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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