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Dental-assistant programs in Texas on the federal training list, by published cost
83 programs in Texas’s Training Provider Results index carry one of the occupation codes for Dental assistant (31-9091). Published costs run from $1 to $19,994; 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 | $1 | Dental Assistant Bootcamp | QS Academy Inc. | 16 wk · 40 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | $1,500 | Pedodontics Specific training seminar | NDS Dental Assistant School | 1 wk · 8 hrs | 13 | 100% | 67% | $6,894 |
| 3 | $1,500 | Orthodontics Specific training seminar | NDS Dental Assistant School | 1 wk · 8 hrs | 16 | 100% | 82% | $6,894 |
| 4 | $1,799 | Dental Assistant Program | University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Continuing Education Program | competency-based | 116 | 100% | — | — |
| 5 | $1,822 | Dental Assistant | Laredo College | competency-based | 514 | 94% | 60% | $4,506 |
| 6 | $1,835 | Pit and Fissure Sealant preparation seminar | NDS Dental Assistant School | 1 wk · 8 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | $1,885 | Dental Front office training seminar | NDS Dental Assistant School | 1 wk · 8 hrs | 11 | 100% | 69% | $7,172 |
| 8 | $1,995 | Clinical Dental Assistant | Texas A&M International University | competency-based | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | $2,099 | Dental Assistant | Lamar Institute of Technology | competency-based | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | $2,195 | Clinical Dental Assitant | University of Texas at El Paso | competency-based | 15 | 100% | — | — |
| 11 | $2,200 | Dental Assisting | Luminary Dental Asisting School | competency-based | 56 | 98% | 74% | $6,701 |
| 12 | $2,450 | Raleigh Dental Assistant School | Zollege Healthcare Career School | 12 wk · 11 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | $2,450 | Lake Charles Dental Assistant School | Zollege Healthcare Career School | 12 wk · 15 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | $2,595 | Clinical Dental Assistant | Lamar Institute of Technology | 52 wk · 6 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | $3,240 | DENTAL ASSISTANT | NECOLES LEARNING ACADEMY | competency-based | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | $3,240 | Dental Assistant | Necoles Learning Academy | competency-based | 35 | 94% | 88% | $5,756 |
| 17 | $3,240 | Dental Assistant | Necoles Learning Academy | competency-based | 21 | 86% | 57% | $5,564 |
| 18 | $3,250 | Jacksonville Dental Assistant School | Zollege Healthcare Career School | 12 wk · 11 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | $3,250 | Baton Rouge Dental Assistant Academy | Zollege Healthcare Career School | 12 wk · 4 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | $3,250 | Lafayette Dental Assistant School | Zollege Healthcare Career School | 12 wk · 4 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | $3,315 | Dental Assistant Bootcamp (10002734 Austin) | Qs Academy Inc. | 16 wk · 16 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | $3,349 | Dental Assisting | Ce Global Health Education Network Inc | competency-based | 11 | 100% | 73% | $5,238 |
| 23 | $3,450 | Dental Assistant Bootcamp | QS Academy | 16 wk · 15 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | $3,450 | Dental Assistant Bootcamp (250 clock hours) | QS Academy, Inc. | 16 wk · 16 hrs | 7 | — | — | — |
| 25 | $3,450 | Dental Assistant Bootcamp | QuickStart Academy | 16 wk · 16 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | $3,450 | Dental Assistant Bootcamp | QuickStart Academy | 16 wk · 16 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | $3,450 | Dental Assistant Bootcamp | QS Academy | 16 wk · 16 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | $3,500 | DENTAL ASSISTING | RDA TRAINING ACADEMY | competency-based | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | $3,525 | AustinDASRR01 | Austin Dental Assistant School | competency-based | 34 | 88% | 69% | $7,872 |
| 30 | $3,525 | AustinDASRR01 | Austin Dental Assistant School | competency-based | 86 | 77% | 80% | $7,914 |
| 31 | $3,650 | Charlotte Dental Assistant School | Zollege Healthcare Career School | 12 wk · 11 hrs | 120 | 78% | — | — |
| 32 | $3,650 | Shreveport Dental Assistant School | Zollege Healthcare Career School | 12 wk · 4 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 33 | $3,650 | New Orleans Dental Assistant School | Zollege Healthcare Career School | 12 wk · 4 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | $3,650 | Dallas Dental Assistant School (Denton) | Dallas Dental Assistant School (Denton) | 12 wk · 15 hrs | 65 | 58% | 70% | $5,841 |
| 35 | $3,768 | Dental Assistant -Bridgeport Campus | Weatherford College | competency-based | 27 | 81% | 68% | $6,433 |
| 36 | $3,768 | Dental Assistant - Main Campus | Weatherford College | competency-based | 66 | 74% | 74% | $6,968 |
| 37 | $4,150 | Nitrous Oxide Monitorin Certification N20 prepara | NDS Dental Assistant School | 1 wk · 8 hrs | 12 | 100% | 64% | $6,179 |
| 38 | $4,195 | Administrative Dental Assistant Clinical Dental Assistant | Transcend STEM Education | competency-based | — | — | — | — |
| 39 | $4,200 | Essentials of Dental Assisting | Paris Dental Academy LLC | competency-based | 4 | 75% | — | — |
| 40 | $4,411 | CEDental Assistant | Austin Community College | competency-based | — | — | — | — |
| 41 | $4,411 | CEDental Assist | Austin Community College | competency-based | 23 | 87% | 65% | $6,781 |
| 42 | $4,500 | Dental Assistant Program | Texas Academy of Dental Assisting LLC | competency-based | 197 | 94% | 66% | $6,941 |
| 43 | $4,676 | Registered Dental Assistant | University of the Incarnate Word | competency-based | 194 | 97% | — | — |
| 44 | $4,999 | Dental Assisting | Dental Assisting School of Texas. | competency-based | 143 | 93% | 83% | $6,240 |
| 45 | $4,999 | Dental Assisting | Dental Assisting School of Texas | competency-based | 87 | 90% | 73% | $6,300 |
| 46 | $5,377 | CE Dental Assistant | Austin Community College | competency-based | 34 | 62% | 74% | $7,393 |
| 47 | $5,522 | Dental Assistant | Lamar State College Orange | competency-based | 129 | 60% | — | — |
| 48 | $5,971 | coronal polishing training seminar | NDS Dental Assistant School | 1 wk · 8 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 49 | $6,000 | DENTAL ASSISTING | DCDS DENTAL ASSISTIN SCHOOL LLC | competency-based | — | — | — | — |
| 50 | $6,982 | Pediatric Dental Assistant | El Paso Pediatric Dental Assistant School | competency-based | 131 | 92% | 80% | $5,567 |
| 51 | $7,253 | Dental Assisting | Vernon College | competency-based | 30 | 80% | 86% | $5,485 |
| 52 | $7,541 | Dental Assisting | Tyler Junior College | competency-based | 42 | — | 83% | $6,445 |
| 53 | $8,250 | Dental Assisting | Dental Genius Assistant Academy & CPR | competency-based | 70 | 90% | 78% | $6,955 |
| 54 | $8,363 | Dental Assisting AAS | Grayson County College | competency-based | 121 | 41% | 78% | $6,028 |
| 55 | $8,750 | Dental Assistant | QS Academy | 16 wk · 20 hrs | — | — | — | — |
| 56 | $9,473 | Dental Assistant | Paris Junior College District | competency-based | 13 | 85% | 85% | $6,960 |
| 57 | $9,798 | Dental Assistant Training Program | Texas Career Institute | competency-based | — | — | — | — |
| 58 | $9,855 | Dental Assistant | Training Academy 4 U LLC | competency-based | 92 | 93% | 56% | $6,942 |
| 59 | $10,220 | DENTAL ASSISTANT | MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCHOOL OF DALLAS | competency-based | — | — | — | — |
| 60 | $11,189 | Dental Assisting Certificate | Grayson County College | competency-based | 34 | 41% | 75% | $6,177 |
| 61 | $11,999 | Dental Assistant | Concorde Career College | competency-based | 907 | 68% | 79% | $6,183 |
| 62 | $12,369 | Dental Assisting | El Paso Community College | competency-based | — | — | — | — |
| 63 | $12,500 | Dental Assistant | School of Health Careers LLC | competency-based | — | — | — | $2,231 |
| 64 | $13,200 | Dental Assisting | South Texas Vocational Technical Institute - Brownsville (STVT) | competency-based | 266 | 78% | 79% | $5,008 |
| 65 | $13,795 | Dental Assistant | Concorde Career College | competency-based | 169 | 63% | 51% | $5,913 |
| 66 | $14,959 | Dental Assisting AAS | El Paso Community College | competency-based | 20 | 100% | 70% | $5,227 |
| 67 | $15,150 | Dental Assisting | South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-McAllen | competency-based | 156 | 72% | 38% | $4,687 |
| 68 | $16,300 | Dental Assistant | The College of Health Care Professions | competency-based | 322 | 84% | 81% | $5,934 |
| 69 | $16,700 | Dental Assisting Assistant | Concorde Career College | competency-based | 379 | 61% | 77% | $6,301 |
| 70 | $16,825 | Advanced Expanded Dental Assisting | NDS Dental Assistant School | competency-based | 61 | 100% | 73% | $5,397 |
| 71 | $17,300 | Dental Assistant | The College of Health Care Professions | competency-based | 389 | 69% | 85% | $6,822 |
| 72 | $17,300 | Dental Assistant | The College of Health Care Professions | competency-based | 273 | 77% | 83% | $6,773 |
| 73 | $17,300 | Dental Assistant | The College of Health Care Professions | competency-based | 399 | 82% | 78% | $4,952 |
| 74 | $17,400 | Dental Assistant | The College of Health Care Professions | competency-based | 238 | 76% | 77% | $6,061 |
| 75 | $17,400 | Dental Assistant | The College of Health Care Professions | competency-based | 118 | 76% | 83% | $5,943 |
| 76 | $17,400 | Dental Assistant | The College of Health Care Professions | competency-based | 147 | 78% | 80% | $6,416 |
| 77 | $17,753 | Dental Assisting Certificate of Proficiency | Tyler Junior College | competency-based | — | — | — | — |
| 78 | $18,365 | Dental Assisting | South Texas Vocational Technical Institute McAllen | competency-based | 443 | 76% | 76% | $4,967 |
| 79 | $18,473 | Dental Hygiene Associate of Applied Science | Tyler Junior College | competency-based | 70 | 73% | 69% | $9,561 |
| 80 | $19,212 | Registered Dental Assistant | Tarrant County College | competency-based | 36 | 100% | 76% | $6,834 |
| 81 | $19,616 | Greatwood Dental Assisting Program | Greatwood Dental Assisting Program | competency-based | — | — | — | — |
| 82 | $19,641 | Dental Assisting | South Texas Vocational Technical Institute - Corpus Christi | competency-based | 265 | 69% | 82% | $5,382 |
| 83 | $19,994 | Clinical Dental Assistant | Texas State University | competency-based | 7 | 100% | — | — |
Source and date: U.S. Department of Labor, Training Provider Results — the open program index behind trainingproviderresults.gov, snapshot taken 2026-09-02 (3,833 programs for Texas 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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