Dental-assistant programs in North Carolina on the federal training list, by published cost

37 programs in North Carolina’s Training Provider Results index carry one of the occupation codes for Dental assistant (31-9091). Published costs run from $449 to $36,380; 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.

Read this first. 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. No promise is made here about money, seats, jobs or pay; the figures are what the providers reported, printed with their dates.

Programs on the list37

With a published cost37 of 37

With an employment figure24 of 37

Median published cost$4,550

Filter by city, ZIP, provider or program:37 rows

#	Published cost basis	Program (provider’s page) · credential · code	Provider · city	Length	Exited	Completed	Employed Q2 after exit	Median earnings, Q2 (one quarter)
1	$449tuition + fees + supplies	Dental Assisting Certificate -Den 3300Dental Assistant Certificate · 31-9091	Brunswick Community CollegeSupply 28462	24 wk · 18 hrs	—	—	—	—
2	$473tuition + fees + supplies	Dental Assisting (DA I)Certified Dental Assistant Certificate of Completion · 31-9091	MAYLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGESpruce Pine 28777	25 wk · 5 hrs	—	—	—	—
3	$1,380tuition + fees + supplies	Dental AssistingDental Assistant Certificate of Completion · 31-9091	College of the AlbemarleElizabeth City 27906	24 wk · 13 hrs	—	—	—	—
4	$1,871tuition + fees + supplies	Dental Assisting Certificate ProgramDental Assistant I Certificate · 31-9091	Catawba Valley Community CollegeHickory 28602	24 wk · 16 hrs	10	80%	89%	$5,171
5	$2,620tuition + fees + supplies	Dental Assisting IDental Assistant I Certificate of Completion · 31-9091	The DA Genie, LLCKnightdale 27545	12 wk · 6 hrs	77	91%	81%	$6,834
6	$2,995tuition + fees + supplies	Clinical Dental AssistantDENTAL ASSISTANT · 31-9091	North Carolina Central UniversityDurham, 27707	52 wk · 6 hrs	—	—	—	—
7	$2,995tuition + fees + supplies	WD - Clinical Dental Assistant (Vouchers Included)Clinical Dental Assistant Certification · 25-1071; 31-9091	Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleigh 27603	6 wk · 40 hrs	—	—	—	—
8	$3,225tuition + fees + supplies	Dental Assisting - DiplomaDental Assistant · 31-9091	Guilford Technical Community CollegeHigh Point 27260	48 wk · 15 hrs	144	57%	92%	$24,688
9	$3,350tuition + fees + supplies	Dental Assistant IDental Assistant 1 · 31-9091	Shades Of PurpleRaleigh 27615	20 wk · 8 hrs	24	42%	—	—
10	$3,405tuition + fees + supplies	Dental AssistantCertificates : Dental Assistant I, Dental Radiography, OSHA/Infection Control, CPR, Dental Office Emergencies · 31-9091	Dental Assistant Training Centers, Inc.Chapel Hill 27514	16 wk · 12 hrs	—	—	—	—
11	$3,522tuition + fees + supplies	Dental Assistant TrainingDental Assistant Level I certificate · 31-9091	Hands On Dental Assistant Training LLCGreensboro 27405	8 wk · 14 hrs	18	100%	100%	$5,735
12	$3,550tuition + fees + supplies	ASAP Dental Assistant Program 1Dental Assistant · 31-9091; 31-9099	ASAP Dental Assistant ProgramCharlotte 28204	12 wk · 9 hrs	—	—	—	—
13	$3,600tuition + fees + supplies	Lakeside Dental Assisting School DA-I 12 week CourseDental Assistants (DAI) · 31-9091	Lakeside Dental Assisting SchoolDenver 28037	12 wk · 9 hrs	18	94%	—	—
14	$3,600tuition + fees + supplies	Orthodontic Dental AssistingOrthodontic Dental Assistant · 31-9091	LAKE NORMAN DENTAL ASSISTING SCHOOLMooresville 28117	13 wk · 19 hrs	18	100%	33%	$6,026
15	$3,695tuition + fees + supplies	Dental Assistant 1 w/ NC Xray and Dental BusinessDental Assistant I w/ NC Xray Certificate · 25-1071; 31-9091	NC Dental U Wake ForestWake Forest 27587	12 wk · 11 hrs	573	87%	17%	$6,920
16	$3,840tuition + fees + supplies	Dental AssistingDental Assistant · 31-9091	Nash Community CollegeRocky Mount 27804	12 wk · 9 hrs	—	—	—	—
17	$4,000tuition + fees + supplies	Dental AssistantThe Registered Dental Assistant (RDA) credential is awarded by the private certification organization, American Medical Technologists (AMT), and taken in addition to any state licensing or regulatory · 31-9091	Greensboro CollegeGreensboro 27401	14 wk · 20 hrs	8	75%	—	—
18	$4,400tuition + fees + supplies	Dental Assisting Diploma (D45240)Dental Assisting · 31-9091	Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte 28204	45 wk · 12 hrs	147	43%	87%	$12,150
19	$4,550tuition + fees + supplies	Dental Assisting I (Includes Dental Radiology)Dental Assisting I Certification of Completion · 31-9091	Sandhills Dental Career Center, IncAberdeen 28315	11 wk · 6 hrs	161	98%	66%	$6,173
20	$4,895tuition + fees + supplies	Dental Assisting - D45240Dental Assisting Diploma · 31-9091	Western Piedmont Community CollegeMorganton 28655	48 wk · 35 hrs	41	51%	93%	$7,761
21	$4,995tuition + fees + supplies	Dental Assisting +Dental Assistant I - Certificate of Completion · 31-9091	DA Academy of North CarolinaCharlotte 28213	12 wk · 8 hrs	385	88%	67%	$6,828
22	$5,164tuition + fees + supplies	Dental AssistingDental Assistant I Diploma · 25-1071; 31-9091	ROWAN-CABARRUS COMMUNITY COLLEGESalisbury 28146	48 wk · 15 hrs	84	63%	87%	—
23	$5,326tuition + fees + supplies	Dental AssistingDental Assisting Diploma · 25-1071; 31-9091	CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGESanford 27330	42 wk · 22 hrs	99	61%	85%	$10,888
24	$5,435tuition + fees + supplies	Associate Degree Nursing (Integrated)Associate Degree Nursing · 25-1071; 31-9091	Beaufort County Community CollegeWashington 27889	40 wk · 32 hrs	19	63%	94%	$8,160
25	$5,759tuition + fees + supplies	Dental AssistingCertificate of Completion - Dental Assisting · 25-1071; 31-9091	Cape Fear Community CollegeWilmington 28401	48 wk · 16 hrs	98	59%	89%	$22,127
26	$5,909tuition + fees + supplies	Dental AssistingCertified Dental Assistant · 31-9091	Wilkes Community CollegeWilkesboro 28697	36 wk · 47 hrs	68	75%	87%	$6,516
27	$5,948tuition + fees + supplies	Dental Assisting DiplomaDental Assisting Diploma · 25-1071; 31-9091	Coastal Carolina Community CollegeJacksonville 28546	48 wk · 16 hrs	135	55%	85%	$12,010
28	$5,971tuition + fees + supplies	Dental AssistingDental Assisting · 31-9091	Montgomery Community CollegeTroy 27371	48 wk · 12 hrs	71	48%	87%	—
29	$5,984tuition + fees + supplies	Dental Assisting (Diploma)Dental Assisting · 31-9091	Davidson-Davie Community CollegeThomasville 27360	48 wk · 16 hrs	125	25%	85%	$11,701
30	$6,393tuition + fees + supplies	Dental Assisting DiplomaDental Assisting Diploma · 31-9091	ASHEVILLE-BUNCOMBE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGEAsheville 28801	36 wk · 40 hrs	152	66%	89%	$10,067
31	$6,500tuition + fees + supplies	Dental Assisting (Diploma)Licensed Dental Assistant · 31-9091	Isothermal Community CollegeSpindale 28160	16 wk · 24 hrs	84	42%	78%	$23,126
32	$6,522tuition + fees + supplies	Dental AssistingCertified Dental Assistant · 31-9091	Forsyth Technical Community CollegeWinston-salem 27103	52 wk · 47 hrs	102	61%	94%	$10,237
33	$6,742tuition + fees + supplies	Associate Degree Nursing (Integrated)Associate's Degree of Nursing · 25-1071; 31-9091	Sampson Community CollegeClinton 28328	64 wk · 40 hrs	—	—	—	—
34	$7,454tuition + fees + supplies	Dental AssistingDental Assisting Diploma · 31-9091	FAYETTEVILLE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGEFayetteville 28303	48 wk · 15 hrs	153	56%	86%	$13,756
35	$8,623tuition + fees + supplies	Dental AssistingCertificate · 25-1071; 31-9091	Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleigh 27603	16 wk · 40 hrs	299	16%	80%	$13,420
36	$27,255tuition + fees + supplies	Dental AssistingAssociate Degree · 25-1071; 31-9091	Miller Motte CollegeWilmington 28405	78 wk · 24 hrs	30	77%	83%	$7,498
37	$36,380tuition + fees + supplies	Dental AssistingAssociate of Applied Science · 31-9091	Miller-Motte College, Raleigh CampusRaleigh 27604	72 wk · 18 hrs	20	35%	—	—

Source and date: U.S. Department of Labor, Training Provider Results — the open program index behind trainingproviderresults.gov, snapshot taken 2026-09-02 (2,616 programs for North Carolina 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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