DENTAL ASSISTANT SCHOOLS IN TEXAS — Federal Data, September 2026
Dental Assistant Schools in Texas, Ranked On What Graduates Owe And Earn
28 accredited institutions in Texas report enough federal data on this program to be compared. They are ranked here on a single measure: how many months of gross pay it takes a graduate to cover the median debt.
See The RankingU.S. Department of Education data. No school paid to be listed.
Across the 28 ranked programs in Texas, the median graduate needs 5.1 months of gross pay to cover a median federal debt of $9,248, against median earnings of $21,721 one year after completion.
That is slower than the national median of 4.6 months for this field, measured across the 398 institutions in our national dental assistant schools ranking. The best performer in the state is Texas State Technical College in Waco, at 3.3 months.
Every figure on this page is recalculated on Texas institutions only. Nothing is carried over from the national page.
At A Glance
What the federal data says about dental assistant schools in Texas
The Ranking
28 dental assistant schools in Texas, ranked by months of gross pay to cover the debt
Lower is better.
| # | School | Type | Award | Months | Debt | Earnings | Completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas State Technical CollegeWaco, TX | Public | Certificate | 3.3 | $6,584 | $24,017 | 46% |
| 2 | Tyler Junior CollegeTyler, TX | Public | Associate | 3.6 | $16,241 | $53,557 | 27% |
| 3 | Pima Medical Institute-HoustonHouston, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 3.7 | $8,509 | $27,301 | 71% |
| 4 | Pima Medical Institute-El PasoEl Paso, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 3.7 | $8,509 | $27,301 | 57% |
| 5 | Pima Medical Institute-San AntonioSan Antonio, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 3.7 | $8,509 | $27,301 | 57% |
| 6 | The College of Health Care Professions-AustinAustin, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 3.8 | $9,085 | $29,060 | 64% |
| 7 | The College of Health Care Professions-DallasDallas, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 3.8 | $9,085 | $29,060 | 63% |
| 8 | PCI Health Training CenterDallas, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 4.0 | $8,095 | $24,130 | 86% |
| 9 | Milan Institute-AmarilloAmarillo, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 4.0 | $8,104 | $24,473 | 64% |
| 10 | Milan Institute-San Antonio IngramSan Antonio, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 4.2 | $8,919 | $25,255 | 62% |
| 11 | Concorde Career College-DallasDallas, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 4.4 | $9,500 | $26,058 | 60% |
| 12 | Concorde Career College-San AntonioSan Antonio, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 4.8 | $9,500 | $23,712 | 69% |
| 13 | Amarillo CollegeAmarillo, TX | Public | Associate | 4.9 | $17,375 | $42,484 | 32% |
| 14 | College of Health Care ProfessionsHouston, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 5.1 | $9,248 | $21,569 | 75% |
| 15 | The College of Health Care Professions-NorthwestHouston, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 5.1 | $9,248 | $21,569 | 47% |
| 16 | The College of Health Care Professions-Southwest HoustonHouston, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 5.1 | $9,248 | $21,569 | 69% |
| 17 | The College of Health Care Professions-Fort WorthFort Worth, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 5.1 | $9,248 | $21,569 | 70% |
| 18 | The College of Health Care Professions-McAllen CampusMcAllen, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 5.1 | $9,248 | $21,569 | 77% |
| 19 | The College of Health Care Professions-South San AntonioSan Antonio, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 5.1 | $9,248 | $21,569 | 73% |
| 20 | Remington College-Dallas CampusDallas, TX | nonprofit | Certificate | 5.2 | $9,500 | $21,721 | 38% |
| 21 | Remington College-Fort Worth CampusNorth Richland Hills, TX | nonprofit | Certificate | 5.2 | $9,500 | $21,721 | 45% |
| 22 | Remington College-Houston Southeast CampusLeague City, TX | nonprofit | Certificate | 5.2 | $9,500 | $21,721 | 60% |
| 23 | Concorde Career College-Grand PrairieGrand Prairie, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 5.4 | $9,500 | $21,086 | 55% |
| 24 | South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-WeslacoWeslaco, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 7.4 | $11,825 | $19,134 | 80% |
| 25 | Miller-Motte College-STVT-McAllenMcAllen, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 7.4 | $11,825 | $19,134 | 78% |
| 26 | South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-BrownsvilleBrownsville, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 7.4 | $11,825 | $19,134 | 78% |
| 27 | Miller-Motte College-STVT-Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 7.4 | $11,825 | $19,134 | 68% |
| 28 | Fortis InstituteHouston, TX | for-profit | Certificate | 7.9 | $13,140 | $19,835 | 67% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Cohorts by Field of Study and by Institution (published 9 June 2026). Debt is the median federal Stafford and Grad PLUS loan debt of completers in this program; earnings are median earnings one year after completion. Where a school offers the program at both certificate and associate level, the shorter payback is shown. Completion is the institution’s published rate, not the program’s.
The Top Five, In Detail
The five fastest payback programs in Texas, one by one
Texas State Technical College
Waco, TX
Texas State Technical College is a public institution in Waco. Its dental assisting graduates leave with a median federal debt of $6,584 and report median earnings of $24,017 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.3 months of gross pay: the fastest payback in the state, and 1.8 months faster than the Texas state median of 5.1. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 46% completion rate.
Tyler Junior College
Tyler, TX
Tyler Junior College is a public institution in Tyler. Its dental assisting graduates leave with a median federal debt of $16,241 and report median earnings of $53,557 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.6 months of gross pay: the second fastest in the state, and 1.5 months faster than the Texas state median of 5.1. The award measured here is an associate degree. The institution reports a 27% completion rate.
Pima Medical Institute-Houston
Houston, TX
Pima Medical Institute-Houston is a private for-profit institution in Houston. Its dental assisting graduates leave with a median federal debt of $8,509 and report median earnings of $27,301 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.7 months of gross pay: the third fastest in the state, and 1.4 months faster than the Texas state median of 5.1. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 71% completion rate.
Pima Medical Institute-El Paso
El Paso, TX
Pima Medical Institute-El Paso is a private for-profit institution in El Paso. Its dental assisting graduates leave with a median federal debt of $8,509 and report median earnings of $27,301 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.7 months of gross pay: fourth in the state, and 1.4 months faster than the Texas state median of 5.1. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 57% completion rate.
Pima Medical Institute-San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Pima Medical Institute-San Antonio is a private for-profit institution in San Antonio. Its dental assisting graduates leave with a median federal debt of $8,509 and report median earnings of $27,301 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.7 months of gross pay: fifth in the state, and 1.4 months faster than the Texas state median of 5.1. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 57% completion rate.
Read It Carefully
What this ranking does not measure
Absence from this page is not a verdict. The Department of Education suppresses figures for programs with small cohorts, so a small, excellent school will often have no publishable data at all. Schools that enroll no students on federal aid are outside this dataset entirely.
The measure is a ratio, not a repayment plan, and it counts federal loan debt only. Cash payments, private loans and employer sponsorship are invisible here. Local wages shape earnings as much as the school does, which is exactly why comparing inside one state, as this page does, is more informative than comparing across the country.
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