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Career Information for Dental Assistants in Virginia

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Fast Facts for Dental Assistants in Virginia

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Charlottesville, Danville, and Harrisonburg
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Roanoke, Blacksburg, and Richmond
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Virginia Beach, Richmond, and Charlottesville

Salaries for Dental Assistants in Virginia

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Roanoke, Blacksburg, and Richmond. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Dental Assistants in Virginia are listed below.

Selected Dental Assistant Schools in Virginia

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 College
Chesapeake

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

Fortis College
Norfolk, Richmond

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.)

ECPI University
Newport News, Richmond, Virginia Beach

ECPI University has offered many different campuses, as well as online, education for several different programs for almost 40 years.

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

Medical Careers Institute
Newport News, Richmond, Virginia Beach

Medical Careers Institute specialized in career training for a variety of medical careers. The school offers programs at more than a dozen campuses in Virginia and the Carolinas.

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

Selected Online Schools for Dental Assistants in Virginia

Stratford Career Institute
Online

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

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

More Virginia Dental Assistant Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Centura College - NorfolkNorfolkAssociate283
Josef's School of Hair DesignRichmondAssociate12,557
Wytheville Community CollegeWythevilleAssociate3,072

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Dental Assistants

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

VIRGINIA

   
Charlottesville240$32,4401.2
Danville80$25,8401.2
Harrisonburg130$26,1601.2
Virginia Beach1,700$32,3601
Lynchburg190$30,7700.9
Winchester80$30,2900.8
Richmond1,030$32,4500.8
Blacksburg90$32,8600.7
Roanoke240$33,6500.7
Employment For:
All JobsDental Assistants > Virginia

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