Gainful Employment Programs
Massasoit Community College - OPEID: 00217700 - Disclosure for Gainful Employment Programs

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The Dental Assistant program at Massasoit Community College is a certificate program that is designed to take 9 months to complete.

Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Code: 510601.

The program prepares students to be Dental Assistants (SOC Code: 31-9091.00). For further information about this and related occupations, please link to the Department of Labor’s O*NET web site @ http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/31-9091.00 .

Costs

Total tuition and required fees for entire program: $ 6760

Total estimated costs for books and supplies for entire program: $ 2729 (Includes est. $1000 for books; $1049 for health insurance which may be waived if carrying own.)

Massasoit does not offer any housing.

Total costs: $ 9489

Please refer to http://www.massasoit.mass.edu/admissions/tuitn.cfm for the most current cost information.

Debt at Program Completion

In 2012, 15 completed the program. Of these, 5 (33%) had some type of student loan debt.

The median cumulative debt for all completers in 2012 was as follows: Federal student loan debt: $5,500

Private student loan debt: 0

Massasoit does not have an institutional financing plan. Our tuition plan allows students to budget their payments over the course of the semester so that debt is not carried forward.

Success

Of the 15 students completing the program in 2012, 12 (80%) completed within the normal time of 9 months.

More Information

For more information on our Dental Assistant program, please visit http://www.massasoit.mass.edu/acad_depts/certs/dental.cfm or contact our Admissions Office. This certificate is eligible for financial aid; please contact our Financial Aid Office to discuss your options.