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Dental assistant schools in Arizona
Arizona has 16 accredited campuses awarding dental assisting credentials. If you finish and work as a dental assistant in Arizona, expect to start around $38,500–$46,050 and reach a median of $49,000 with experience; the top quarter earn $57,880 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Arizona). Graduates of these Arizona programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $23,750 in their first year, against $24,225 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What dental assistants earn in Arizona
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 8,680 employed in Arizona. National median: $48,070.
Campuses in Arizona, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: GlendaleKingmanMesaPhoenixTempeThatcherTucson
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix College | Phoenix | Public | 71 | $40,322 | $9,000 | not reported | not reported |
| Pima Community College | Tucson | Public | 22 | $28,418 | not reported | 28% | not reported |
| Pima Medical Institute-Phoenix | Phoenix | for-profit | 32 | $25,452 | $8,192 | 65% | $27,348 |
| Pima Medical Institute-Tucson | Tucson | for-profit | 80 | $24,908 | $8,508 | not reported | not reported |
| Pima Medical Institute-Mesa | Mesa | for-profit | 20 | $24,908 | $8,508 | 67% | $27,503 |
| Brookline College-Tempe | Tempe | for-profit | 10 | $24,413 | $9,226 | 40% | $26,076 |
| Brookline College-Phoenix | Phoenix | for-profit | 6 | $24,413 | $9,226 | not reported | $33,570 |
| Carrington College-Phoenix North | Phoenix | for-profit | 95 | $23,087 | $8,789 | 62% | not reported |
| Carrington College-Mesa | Mesa | for-profit | 72 | $23,087 | $8,789 | 54% | $52,531 |
| Carrington College-Tucson | Tucson | for-profit | 57 | $23,087 | $8,789 | 66% | $38,722 |
| Arizona College-Glendale | Glendale | for-profit | 28 | $22,902 | $9,680 | 85% | not reported |
| Arizona College-Mesa | Mesa | for-profit | 18 | $22,902 | $9,680 | 88% | $34,818 |
| UEI College-Phoenix | Phoenix | for-profit | 198 | $20,468 | $9,500 | 57% | $38,243 |
| UEI College-Mesa | Mesa | for-profit | 51 | $20,468 | $9,500 | 50% | $40,445 |
| Mohave Community College | Kingman | Public | 10 | not reported | not reported | 38% | not reported |
| Eastern Arizona College | Thatcher | Public | 3 | not reported | not reported | not reported | 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.