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Dental assistant schools in Alabama
Alabama has 10 accredited campuses awarding dental assisting credentials. If you finish and work as a dental assistant in Alabama, expect to start around $30,840–$36,190 and reach a median of $39,080 with experience; the top quarter earn $47,100 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Alabama). Graduates of these Alabama programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $22,341 in their first year, against $24,225 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What dental assistants earn in Alabama
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 3,740 employed in Alabama. National median: $48,070.
Campuses in Alabama, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: Bay MinetteBirminghamHancevilleHuntsvilleMobileMontgomeryTanner
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George C Wallace State Community College-Hanceville | Hanceville | Public | 38 | $34,557 | $8,750 | 51% | not reported |
| Fortis Institute-Birmingham | Birmingham | for-profit | 18 | $25,774 | $12,293 | 34% | not reported |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Huntsville | Huntsville | for-profit | 7 | $22,341 | $9,500 | 51% | $23,774 |
| Fortis College | Mobile | for-profit | 34 | $21,156 | $11,316 | 49% | $25,710 |
| Fortis College-Montgomery | Montgomery | for-profit | 16 | $21,156 | $11,316 | 46% | $27,286 |
| John C Calhoun State Community College | Tanner | Public | 46 | not reported | not reported | 42% | not reported |
| Coastal Alabama Community College | Bay Minette | Public | 23 | not reported | not reported | 31% | not reported |
| Lawson State Community College | Birmingham | Public | 17 | not reported | not reported | 27% | not reported |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | Birmingham | Public | 10 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| H Councill Trenholm State Community College | Montgomery | Public | 8 | not reported | not reported | 16% | not reported |
Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.
Ranked by median earnings of this program's graduates one year after completion (College Scorecard field-of-study, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026); campuses without a reported figure follow, by credentials awarded. "Program debt" is the median federal loan debt for graduates of this program at this campus. Completion is the campus-wide 150%-of-time rate. "Not reported" means the federal file suppresses the value for privacy.