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Dental assistant schools in Oregon
Oregon has 11 accredited campuses awarding dental assisting credentials. If you finish and work as a dental assistant in Oregon, expect to start around $49,010–$56,600 and reach a median of $59,490 with experience; the top quarter earn $63,520 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Oregon). Graduates of these Oregon programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $29,946 in their first year, against $24,225 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What dental assistants earn in Oregon
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 5,930 employed in Oregon. National median: $48,070.
Campuses in Oregon, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: AlbanyBendCoos BayEugeneGrants PassOregon CityPortlandRoseburgSalem
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linn-Benton Community College | Albany | Public | 16 | $35,461 | not reported | 29% | not reported |
| Central Oregon Community College | Bend | Public | 18 | $35,090 | not reported | 25% | not reported |
| Portland Community College | Portland | Public | 42 | $34,168 | not reported | 18% | not reported |
| Concorde Career College-Portland | Portland | for-profit | 69 | $29,946 | $9,500 | not reported | not reported |
| Umpqua Community College | Roseburg | Public | 6 | $29,044 | not reported | 31% | not reported |
| Carrington College-Portland | Portland | for-profit | 40 | $26,545 | $8,927 | 54% | $41,390 |
| Rogue Community College | Grants Pass | Public | 16 | $23,406 | not reported | 9.4% | not reported |
| Chemeketa Community College | Salem | Public | 26 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Lane Community College | Eugene | Public | 15 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Clackamas Community College | Oregon City | Public | 13 | not reported | not reported | 23% | not reported |
| Southwestern Oregon Community College | Coos Bay | Public | 1 | not reported | not reported | 40% | 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.