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Career Information for Dental Assistants in Alabama

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Fast Facts for Dental Assistants in Alabama

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Dothan, Gadsden, and Auburn
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Montgomery, Decatur, and Birmingham
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Birmingham, Huntsville, and Mobile

Salaries for Dental Assistants in Alabama

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Anniston, Gadsden, and Huntsville. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Dental Assistants in Alabama are listed below.

Selected Dental Assistant Schools in Alabama

These schools offer particularly quick info upon request, and we have written detailed profiles for each (click school names to see the profiles).

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Brown Mackie College
Birmingham

Offers degree and certificate programs in business, health care, legal assistance, and computer technology. Located at 18 campuses throughout the U.S.

  • Programs: Dental Assistant, Dental Assisting
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

Fortis College
Mobile, Montgomery

Looking to prepare for your dream career? Fortis College can give you the skills and training you need to succeed in the fast-growing and high-demand healthcare field.

  • Programs: Dental Assistant, Dental Assisting, Expanded Function Dental Assistant
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Certificate, Coursework, Diploma
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Selected Online Schools for Dental Assistants in Alabama

Stratford Career Institute
Online

Career training in several fields. Offered in a distance-learning format.

  • Programs: Dental Assistant
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

More Alabama Dental Assistant Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
George C Wallace State Community College-HancevilleHancevilleAssociate5,247
H Councill Trenholm State Technical CollegeMontgomeryAssociate1,340
James H Faulkner State Community CollegeBay MinetteAssociate3,612
John C Calhoun State Community CollegeTannerAssociate9,117
Lawson State Community College-Birmingham CampusBirminghamAssociate3,320
University of Alabama at BirminghamBirminghamDoctorate & First Professional16,246

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Dental Assistants

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Alabama. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Dental Assistants

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Dental Assistants relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

ALABAMA

   
Dothan120$27,4401
Gadsden60$30,5900.9
Auburn80$26,3000.9
Florence90$24,9600.9
Anniston70$32,0800.8
Tuscaloosa140$26,7300.8
Mobile290$25,7800.7
Huntsville320$29,6700.7
Birmingham810$28,3200.7
Decatur70$26,3100.7
Montgomery170$25,9900.5
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