Dental Assisting
Concorde Career College
Private · College / university
Study dental assisting with practical labs and an externship.
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Preparation, time and schedule
What this route covers
The Portland dental-assisting route is advertised as taking as few as nine months. Ask for the externship schedule and the specific certification preparation included.
Before you apply
Review the Dental Assisting course map and have an advisor evaluate prior credits and placement before registering.
Your complete timeline
As few as 9 months; confirm cohort plan. Allow separately for prerequisite preparation, selection and the clinical start date.
Plan around the schedule
Campus and externship. Ask for the actual days, start times and required travel from Portland. Online coursework does not necessarily make laboratories or placements remote.
Application and selection
Use the official Dental Assisting page to review the current entry checklist. Ask whether a separate department application, selection process or cohort start applies before committing to enrollment.
Details checked September 15, 2026. Confirm current requirements with the provider.
Questions to take to an advisor
Which dental assisting functions and certificates does this route prepare me for?
- Which required courses or placements are offered only once per year?
- Can you give me a written estimate covering every required term and practical expense?
- Which employment, transfer or licensing requirements remain after this award?
Published program length is not a personal completion estimate. Transfer credits, prerequisites, selection and course availability can change the timeline.
After the program
Training may include a certificate or diploma and practical experience. Ask which Oregon certificates or additional training apply to radiography and expanded duties. Requirements vary with the work performed.
Cost and outcomes
Published costs with stated exclusions
Add travel, living expenses and any extra prerequisite study, repeat courses or charges excluded from the published amount. Request a current itemized quote for your own enrollment plan and compare confirmed financial aid.
Published tuition or budget base
Concorde’s Portland cost table, effective January 7, 2026, lists $19,600 tuition, $915 estimated textbooks/digital content and $300 technology fees: $20,815 combined. Living expenses, travel and incidental fees are extra; confirm changes before enrolling.
Official program cost source ↗ · Checked September 16, 2026
A tuition rate or annual allowance is not a complete program price. Confirm your residency, course load, program fees and financial aid before comparing costs.
Open the cost planner →No verified exact-program earnings figure.
Historical College Scorecard earnings for a related certificate/diploma field are available below. These can combine multiple programs and institutional branches; they are not exact-program or current starting-pay estimates.
Historical related-field earnings
$38,125 median annual earnings 4 years after completion, in 2024 dollars.
Concorde Career College · Dental Support Services and Allied Professions (CIP 51.06) · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma. Cohort: 2017-18 and 2018-19 academic-year completers; earnings measured in 2022 and 2023.
College Scorecard covers federally aided completers who were working and not enrolled. This related field can combine programs and institutional branches; it is not an exact-program, campus-specific or current starting-pay figure. It is not directly comparable with Census outcomes because the population and dollar year differ.
U.S. Department of Education field-of-study data (ZIP) ↗
Data dictionary and cohort dates (Excel) ↗ · Checked September 16, 2026