Accredited dental assistant programs
590 dental assistant programs at accredited schools, approved for WIOA funding in 50 states and territories
That is 61% of the 966 dental assistant programs that states have approved for workforce funding. The schools are on the US Department of Education's list of accredited schools. The Department doesn't accredit schools itself: it reviews accrediting agencies and lists the ones it recognizes as reliable judges of the quality of the education they accredit.1
The program itself can be accredited too: the Department's list records that for the dental assisting program at 122 of these schools.
WIOA funding doesn't require accreditation: besides colleges, a state can approve other public and private training providers.2 Funding comes through your own state's list, so pick your state below.
All dental assistant programs by state, accredited or not, with costs and results
Accredited dental assistant programs in each state
- Alabama11accredited schools, 11 programs
- Alaska2accredited schools, 4 programs
- Arizona17accredited schools, 17 programs
- Arkansas3accredited schools, 3 programs
- California37accredited schools, 42 programs
- Colorado4accredited schools, 4 programs
- Connecticut5accredited schools, 6 programs
- Delaware3accredited schools, 3 programs
- Florida29accredited schools, 30 programs
- Georgia18accredited schools, 18 programs
- Hawaii1accredited school, 2 programs
- Idaho1accredited school, 1 program
- Illinois20accredited schools, 25 programs
- Indiana5accredited schools, 22 programs
- Iowa9accredited schools, 9 programs
- Kansas3accredited schools, 4 programs
- Kentucky7accredited schools, 7 programs
- Louisiana14accredited schools, 14 programs
- Maine2accredited schools, 2 programs
- Maryland10accredited schools, 12 programs
- Massachusetts8accredited schools, 12 programs
- Michigan27accredited schools, 30 programs
- Minnesota14accredited schools, 16 programs
- Mississippi5accredited schools, 6 programs
- Missouri11accredited schools, 13 programs
- Montana2accredited schools, 2 programs
- Nebraska4accredited schools, 6 programs
- Nevada8accredited schools, 10 programs
- New Hampshire2accredited schools, 15 programs
- New Jersey2accredited schools, 2 programs
- New Mexico6accredited schools, 8 programs
- New York1accredited school, 1 program
- North Carolina23accredited schools, 24 programs
- North Dakota1accredited school, 1 program
- Ohio37accredited schools, 45 programs
- Oklahoma11accredited schools, 11 programs
- Oregon9accredited schools, 9 programs
- Pennsylvania14accredited schools, 17 programs
- Puerto Rico3accredited schools, 6 programs
- Rhode Island1accredited school, 1 program
- South Carolina1accredited school, 1 program
- South Dakota3accredited schools, 4 programs
- Tennessee17accredited schools, 19 programs
- Texas28accredited schools, 38 programs
- Utah5accredited schools, 5 programs
- Virginia7accredited schools, 7 programs
- Washington19accredited schools, 24 programs
- West Virginia2accredited schools, 2 programs
- Wisconsin16accredited schools, 17 programs
- Wyoming2accredited schools, 2 programs
Schools with dental assistant programs that the state approved for WIOA funding and that are on the Department of Education's list. A school approved in two states counts in each.
How the accredited dental assisting schools were found
Which programs are counted?
Programs that states approved for WIOA funding, from the US Department of Labor's file for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025).3 The two lists share no ID number, so we matched each school by its website and name in the same state, and checked every unclear case by hand. A school that only hosts a college's classes doesn't count as the college.
How current is the accreditation?
We read the Department's list of October 24, 2026 and count only current accreditation. The Department notes that agencies report this information, that it isn't audited, and that the agency itself has the latest status.1
Sources for the accreditation facts about dental assistant programs
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- US Department of Education, Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), data files of 2026-10-24
- 20 CFR 680.410, What is an eligible training provider? (eCFR)
- US Department of Labor, Training and Employment Guidance Letter 8-19, Attachment I: Requirements for Training Providers, Program Eligibility, and the State Eligible Training Provider (ETP) List