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Career Information for Dental Assistants in Mississippi

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Fast Facts for Dental Assistants in Mississippi

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Hattiesburg and Pascagoula
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Jackson and Gulfport
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Jackson and Hattiesburg

Salaries for Dental Assistants in Mississippi

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Jackson and Gulfport. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Dental Assistants in Mississippi are listed below.

Selected Dental Assistant Schools in Mississippi

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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Antonelli College
Hattiesburg, Jackson

Offers Associate Degree programs in art, business, and medical career disciplines. Main campus in Cincinnati, Ohio and satellite campuses in Jackson and Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

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

Selected Online Schools for Dental Assistants in Mississippi

Stratford Career Institute
Online

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

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

More Mississippi Dental Assistant Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Hinds Community CollegeRaymondAssociate9,941
Meridian Community CollegeMeridianAssociate3,543
Pearl River Community CollegePoplarvilleAssociate4,593

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Dental Assistants

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

MISSISSIPPI

   
Hattiesburg200$26,2201.8
Pascagoula80$27,6800.9
Gulfport170$28,2700.7
Jackson400$28,9700.7
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