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title: Is a Dental Support Services and Allied Professions degree worth the debt?
cip: 5106
source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard — Field of Study (2026-06-10 release)
sourceId: src:doe:college-scorecard:field-of-study:2026-06-10
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# Is a Dental Support Services and Allied Professions degree worth the debt?

Leading with the **Bachelor's**, across **71** colleges (71 of 71 programs report earnings):

- **Median pay, 1 year after completion:** $57,048 ($56,016 at 2 years)
- **Median federal debt:** $20,000 (federal loans only)
- **Debt-to-earnings:** 0.37× a first year's pay
- **Across-college spread (middle 50%):** $48,317–$62,973 — the program you choose moves the number this much.


**How to read this:** these are MEDIANS across college programs, measured **1–2 years after completion** (early career, graduates only) — NOT lifetime earnings, and NOT comparable to a college's 10-years-after-entry figure. They cover **federally-aided completers at programs large enough to report**; small programs are suppressed. A field median is not a prediction of your outcome, not causal (who enters a field differs by field), and **not a "best majors" ranking** — earnings are one dimension of worth. Verify by field at the official College Scorecard (https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/).

## By degree level

| Level | Pay (1yr) | Federal debt | Debt/pay | Colleges | Programs reporting |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Certificate | $23,087 | $9,500 | 0.41× | 341 | 341/341 |
| Associate's | $49,000 | $16,170 | 0.35× | 227 | 227/227 |
| Bachelor's | $57,048 | $20,000 | 0.37× | 71 | 71/71 |

## Where a Bachelor's in this field reports the highest early-career pay

Reflects who enrolls and where, not causal program quality.

| College | Pay (1yr) | Federal debt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lake Washington Institute of Technology (WA) | $78,391 | $23,000 |
| University of the Pacific (CA) | $75,743 | — |
| West Coast University-Texas (TX) | $72,503 | $33,707 |
| West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County (CA) | $72,503 | $33,707 |
| Pacific University (OR) | $69,477 | $22,500 |
| University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center (OK) | $67,944 | $15,000 |
| University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus (OK) | $67,944 | $15,000 |
| University of Southern California (CA) | $66,674 | $30,556 |
| Farmingdale State College (NY) | $66,616 | — |
| University of Hawaii at Manoa (HI) | $66,487 | $29,690 |
| University of Maryland Baltimore (MD) | $65,957 | $15,000 |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (MN) | $65,455 | $17,394 |
| Loma Linda University (CA) | $65,411 | $15,000 |
| Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MA) | $64,159 | $25,000 |
| Eastern Washington University (WA) | $63,361 | $23,604 |

RECORDED College Scorecard figures + one DERIVED ratio (debt-to-earnings). Informs and compares; not advice on what to major in. Each college's full record: `/education/<slug>`.

Structured data: `/education/fields/dental-support-services-and-allied-professions.jsonld` · `/education/fields/dental-support-services-and-allied-professions.json`