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Career Information for Dental Assistants in Massachusetts

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Fast Facts for Dental Assistants in Massachusetts

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Lawrence, Brockton, and Barnstable
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Taunton, Framingham, and Boston
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Boston, Springfield, and Worcester

Salaries for Dental Assistants in Massachusetts

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Framingham, Lowell, and Taunton. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Dental Assistants in Massachusetts are listed below.

Selected Dental Assistant Schools in Massachusetts

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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Everest Institute
Brighton, Chelsea

Founded in 1851 as Duff's Business Institute, the school offers career education programs in 12 states with greater than 25 locations.

  • Programs: Dental Assisting
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Kaplan Career Institute
Boston

Offers career training and degree programs in business, health care, information systems, legal studies, secretarial science studies, and specialized technology.

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

American Career Institute
Braintree, Cambridge, Framingham, Springfield, Woburn

There's no better time than right now to become a medical professional, and American Career Institute can help launch your career. Free job placement assistance for graduates.

  • Programs: Dental Assisting
  • Degrees/Course Work: Certificate
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Selected Online Schools for Dental Assistants in Massachusetts

Stratford Career Institute
Online

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

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

More Massachusetts Dental Assistant Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Boston UniversityBostonDoctorate & First Professional32,053
Massasoit Community CollegeBrocktonAssociate7,064
Middlesex Community College BedfordBedfordAssociate8,124
Northern Essex Community CollegeHaverhillAssociate6,526
Quinsigamond Community CollegeWorcesterAssociate6,654
Springfield Technical Community CollegeSpringfieldAssociate6,074

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Dental Assistants

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

MASSACHUSETTS

   
Lawrence190$38,8701.7
Brockton260$39,6101.4
Barnstable290$41,1501.4
Leominster130$33,7601.3
Pittsfield80$37,0101.3
Haverhill190$36,6601.2
New Bedford140$31,7001.1
Worcester530$37,1201
Lowell240$44,2600.9
Springfield600$35,4700.9
Boston3,350$38,3900.9
Framingham280$47,7800.8
Taunton70$41,3300.8
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