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Dental-assistant programs in Maryland on the federal training list, by published cost
17 programs in Maryland’s Training Provider Results index carry one of the occupation codes for Dental assistant (31-9091). Published costs run from $480 to $21,123; 0 programs report no cost and sit at the end. Sorted by the cost each provider reported — “cheapest” here means the lowest published figure on the federal list on the snapshot date, not a verdict on quality, and never a price you are promised. Snapshot taken 2026-09-02.
| # | Published cost basis | Program (provider’s page) · credential · code | Provider · city | Length | Exited | Completed | Employed Q2 after exit | Median earnings, Q2 (one quarter) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $480 | Infection Control for the Dental Assistant (15 clock hours) | Chesapeake College | 1 wk · 15 hrs | 16 | 94% | 77% | $9,497 |
| 2 | $700 | General Chairside Expanded Functions Dental Asst (39 clock hours) | Chesapeake College | 4 wk · 10 hrs | 49 | 94% | 94% | $123 |
| 3 | $1,430 | Dental Assistant (102 Clock Hours) | Wor-Wic Community College | 16 wk · 6 hrs | 45 | 89% | 74% | $77 |
| 4 | $1,663 | Basic Dental Assistant & Radiology (118 Clock Hours) | Anne Arundel Community College | 13 wk · 9 hrs | 287 | 77% | 63% | — |
| 5 | $2,240 | Introduction To Dental Assisting (40 Clock Hours) | Howard Community College | 8 wk · 5 hrs | 198 | 91% | 64% | — |
| 6 | $2,421 | Dental Assistant Training (98 Clock Hours) | Carroll Community College | 13 wk · 9 hrs | 70 | 97% | 66% | $86 |
| 7 | $2,610 | Dental Assisting (136 Clock Hours) | Chesapeake College | 16 wk · 5 hrs | 159 | 60% | 87% | — |
| 8 | $3,472 | Dental Assistant (128 Clock Hours) | Harford Community College | 14 wk · 8 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | $3,529 | Dental Assisting (157 clock hours) | Prince George's Community College | 15 wk · 8 hrs | 14 | 100% | — | — |
| 10 | $3,646 | Dental Assistant (147 clock hours) | Community College Of Baltimore County | 20 wk · 5 hrs | 99 | 85% | 64% | $76 |
| 11 | $3,896 | Dental Assisting (128 clock hours) | Dental Assistant School of Maryland, LLC | 13 wk · 9 hrs | 181 | 86% | 84% | $92 |
| 12 | $4,000 | Dental assistant (350 clock hours) | Washington Adventist University | 24 wk · 15 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | $5,967 | Expanded Function Dental Assistant Program (457 clock hours) | Gandhi Health Care, LLC | 14 wk · 33 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | $9,770 | Dental Assisting (37 Credit Hours) | Hagerstown Community College | 52 wk · 6 hrs | 92 | 63% | 84% | $94 |
| 15 | $18,626 | Expanded Function Dental Assistant (52 Credit Hours) | Fortis College | 44 wk · 20 hrs | 347 | 62% | 80% | — |
| 16 | $20,810 | Expanded Function Dental Assistant (1035 Clock Hours) | All-State Career, Inc. | 48 wk · 21 hrs | 106 | 48% | 75% | — |
| 17 | $21,123 | Dental Assisting (1040 Clock Hours) | Fortis Institute-Towson | 57 wk · 18 hrs | 165 | 52% | 83% | — |
Source and date: U.S. Department of Labor, Training Provider Results — the open program index behind trainingproviderresults.gov, snapshot taken 2026-09-02 (643 programs for Maryland in the index that day); the site states the data cover programs approved as of June 30, 2025 and outcomes for July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2025. Cost is Out-of-Pocket Cost for a Non-WIOA Participant: Tuition and Requested Fees (DE111) where the provider reported it, otherwise Average number of dollars the training program received from each WIOA participant Individual Training Account (ITA) during the time period (DE138/DE135) — the basis is printed under each figure; books and supplies are added only when reported separately. “Completed” = Percent of All Students who completed the program (DE122/DE121); “Employed Q2” = Percent of All Students Exiters who were employed in the 2nd Quarter after Exit (DE123/DE129); “Median earnings” = Median Earnings in the 2nd Quarter after Exit of All Students that are Employed in the 2nd Quarter after Exit (DE125) — one calendar quarter, not a year. A dash means the federal file prints −1: Values displayed as "-1" indicate data that have been suppressed to protect confidentiality. Your local job center decides eligibility — this shows what is on the list and what it cost and produced, not whether you will be approved.
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