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Career Information for Dental Assistants in Illinois

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Fast Facts for Dental Assistants in Illinois

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Kankakee, Decatur, and Rockford
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Champaign, Bloomington, and Peoria
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Chicago, Rockford, and Peoria

Salaries for Dental Assistants in Illinois

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Bloomington, Springfield, and Chicago. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Dental Assistants in Illinois are listed below.

Selected Dental Assistant Schools in Illinois

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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Sanford Brown College
Skokie

Students attend the school to gain practical skills directly useful in their chosen fields. Multiple campuses around St. Louis plus one in Milwaukee.

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

Everest College
Burr Ridge, Chicago, Merrionette Park, Skokie

Offers certificate programs, degree programs, and courses in 11 U.S. states with more than 35 locations. Online programs are also available.

  • Programs: Dental Assisting, Dental Office And Chairside Assistant, Intra Oral Level 2 Dental Assistant
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Vatterott College
Quincy

Offers diploma and degree programs in health care, business, computer science, and technical fields. Located in several campus locations across the Midwest

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

Illinois School of Health Careers
Chicago

Offers career training in health care fields. Located at two campuses in Chicago, Illinois

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

First Institute
Crystal Lake

Offers career training in healthcare-related fields. Located in Crystal Lake, Illinois.

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

Selected Online Schools for Dental Assistants in Illinois

Stratford Career Institute
Online

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

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

More Illinois Dental Assistant Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright CollegeChicagoAssociate10,993
Elgin Community CollegeElginAssociate9,613
Illinois Valley Community CollegeOglesbyAssociate4,103
John A Logan CollegeCartervilleAssociate7,559
Kaskaskia CollegeCentraliaAssociate5,041
Lewis and Clark Community CollegeGodfreyAssociate7,875
Southern Illinois University CarbondaleCarbondaleDoctorate & First Professional20,983

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Dental Assistants

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Illinois. 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

ILLINOIS

   
Kankakee110$29,0201.5
Decatur140$29,7701.5
Rockford340$32,2401
Chicago8,230$32,8100.9
Danville40$30,1500.8
Springfield180$32,9000.8
Peoria290$30,4500.8
Bloomington90$38,1300.6
Champaign100$30,1300.5
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