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Dental assistant schools in Texas
Texas has 33 accredited campuses awarding dental assisting credentials. If you finish and work as a dental assistant in Texas, expect to start around $35,400–$37,360 and reach a median of $45,430 with experience; the top quarter earn $48,280 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Texas). Graduates of these Texas programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $21,679 in their first year, against $24,225 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What dental assistants earn in Texas
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 33,230 employed in Texas. National median: $48,070.
Campuses in Texas, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: AmarilloAustinBrownsvilleCorpus ChristiDallasDenisonEl PasoFort WorthGrand PrairieHoustonLeague CityMcAllenNorth Richland HillsOrangeSan AntonioTylerVernonWeslaco
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Del Mar College | Corpus Christi | Public | 18 | $43,430 | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| The College of Health Care Professions-Austin | Austin | for-profit | 48 | $26,309 | $8,859 | 64% | $32,369 |
| The College of Health Care Professions-Dallas | Dallas | for-profit | 33 | $26,309 | $8,859 | 63% | $32,636 |
| Concorde Career College-Dallas | Dallas | for-profit | 67 | $25,850 | $8,871 | 60% | $30,222 |
| Pima Medical Institute-El Paso | El Paso | for-profit | 72 | $24,908 | $8,508 | 57% | $28,444 |
| Pima Medical Institute-Houston | Houston | for-profit | 41 | $24,908 | $8,508 | 71% | $26,251 |
| Pima Medical Institute-San Antonio | San Antonio | for-profit | 24 | $24,908 | $8,508 | 58% | $25,980 |
| PCI Health Training Center | Dallas | for-profit | 35 | $23,277 | $8,095 | 86% | $26,471 |
| Fortis Institute | Houston | for-profit | 15 | $22,397 | $13,000 | 68% | $24,474 |
| Concorde Career College-San Antonio | San Antonio | for-profit | 109 | $22,084 | $9,500 | 69% | $31,846 |
| The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest | Houston | for-profit | 111 | $21,679 | $6,361 | not reported | $33,383 |
| The College of Health Care Professions-McAllen Campus | McAllen | for-profit | 87 | $21,679 | $6,361 | 77% | $31,264 |
| The College of Health Care Professions-South San Antonio | San Antonio | for-profit | 59 | $21,679 | $6,361 | 73% | $34,322 |
| The College of Health Care Professions-Fort Worth | Fort Worth | for-profit | 53 | $21,679 | $6,361 | 70% | $32,819 |
| The College of Health Care Professions-Southwest Houston | Houston | for-profit | 50 | $21,679 | $6,361 | 69% | $33,792 |
| College of Health Care Professions | Houston | for-profit | 42 | $21,679 | $6,361 | 75% | $35,295 |
| Remington College-North Houston Campus | Houston | non-profit | 20 | $21,379 | $9,500 | not reported | not reported |
| Remington College-Fort Worth Campus | North Richland Hills | non-profit | 15 | $21,379 | $9,500 | 45% | not reported |
| Remington College-Houston Southeast Campus | League City | non-profit | 15 | $21,379 | $9,500 | 60% | not reported |
| Concorde Career College-Grand Prairie | Grand Prairie | for-profit | 114 | $21,306 | $9,500 | 55% | $35,571 |
| San Antonio College | San Antonio | Public | 20 | $20,621 | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Miller-Motte College-STVT-McAllen | McAllen | for-profit | 62 | $19,844 | $10,835 | 78% | $25,381 |
| South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Brownsville | Brownsville | for-profit | 60 | $19,844 | $10,835 | 78% | $23,782 |
| South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Weslaco | Weslaco | for-profit | 51 | $19,844 | $10,835 | 80% | $24,394 |
| Miller-Motte College-STVT-Corpus Christi | Corpus Christi | for-profit | 27 | $19,844 | $10,835 | 68% | $26,460 |
| Lamar State College-Orange | Orange | Public | 24 | $19,223 | not reported | 37% | not reported |
| Milan Institute-Amarillo | Amarillo | for-profit | 10 | $18,801 | $8,919 | 65% | $32,338 |
| Houston Community College | Houston | Public | 43 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Grayson College | Denison | Public | 31 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Tyler Junior College | Tyler | Public | 18 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Tarrant County College District | Fort Worth | Public | 13 | not reported | not reported | 34% | not reported |
| El Paso Community College | El Paso | Public | 12 | not reported | not reported | 24% | not reported |
| Vernon College | Vernon | Public | 5 | not reported | not reported | 21% | not reported |
Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.
Ranked by median earnings of this program's graduates one year after completion (College Scorecard field-of-study, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026); campuses without a reported figure follow, by credentials awarded. "Program debt" is the median federal loan debt for graduates of this program at this campus. Completion is the campus-wide 150%-of-time rate. "Not reported" means the federal file suppresses the value for privacy.