Dental assistant programs in Miami, Florida
10 dental assistant programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free
8 schools offer these dental assisting programs with classes in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach area, and every one is approved for workforce funding. Each shows its price if you pay yourself and how past students did.
Dental assistants care for patients, take x-rays, keep records and schedule appointments. Many programs take about a year and lead to a certificate or diploma, and some states require you to graduate from an accredited program and pass an exam.1 In Miami, 2 of the 10 programs take students without a high school diploma, and 5 are taught partly or fully online.
See the 10 programsAll 46 dental assistant programs in Florida, including online programs
How much do dental assistant programs cost in Miami?
$5,244 to $14,500 is what most dental assistant programs in Miami cost if you pay yourself
That is the middle half of the 10 programs with a price. All of them: $3,075 to $21,211
In the typical program
- Finished the program
- 89%
- Working 6 months later
- 79%
- Earned a year, estimated
- about $26,000
- Length
- 10 to 34 weeks
Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Only programs approved for workforce funding are listed; other schools in Miami may also offer dental assistant programs. How these figures are made
All 10 dental assistant programs in Miami approved for WIOA funding
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Dental Assistant
Concorde Career Institute-Miramar
Miramar
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$26,000Price if you pay yourself$18,139More details about Dental Assistant at Concorde Career Institute-Miramar
- Finished
- 55%
- Working at 6 months
- 85%
- Earned in a quarter
- $6,493
- Length
- 32 weeks, 25 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $716
- Students counted
- 250
- a year, estimated
- $26,000
- price
- $18,139
Entry Level Expanded Functions Dental Assisting*
Dentrilogy Academy, LLC
West Palm Beach
Education and courses
Earned a year, estimated$28,600Price if you pay yourself$5,750More details about Entry Level Expanded Functions Dental Assisting* at Dentrilogy Academy, LLC
- Finished
- 96%
- Working at 6 months
- 37%
- Earned in a quarter
- $7,141
- Length
- 4 weeks, 36 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $250
- Students counted
- 192
- a year, estimated
- $28,600
- price
- $5,750
Entry Level Dental Assisting with Expanded functions & Radiology
AAA School of Dental Assisting
Pompano Beach
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$25,300Price if you pay yourself$5,075More details about Entry Level Dental Assisting with Expanded functions & Radiology at AAA School of Dental Assisting
- Finished
- 93%
- Working at 6 months
- 82%
- Earned in a quarter
- $6,326
- Length
- 12 weeks, 16 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 165
- a year, estimated
- $25,300
- price
- $5,075
Dental Assisting-C
Broward College-Cs
Fort Lauderdale
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$23,500Price if you pay yourself$6,443School website, Dental Assisting-C at Broward College-CsMore details about Dental Assisting-C at Broward College-Cs
- Finished
- 87%
- Working at 6 months
- 79%
- Earned in a quarter
- $5,876
- Length
- 38 weeks, 32 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $2,411
- Students counted
- 84
- a year, estimated
- $23,500
- price
- $6,443
Entry Level Expanded Functions & Entry Level Dental Front Office Administration
Dentrilogy Academy, LLC
West Palm Beach
Education and courses
Earned a year, estimated$34,800Price if you pay yourself$12,000More details about Entry Level Expanded Functions & Entry Level Dental Front Office Administration at Dentrilogy Academy, LLC
- Finished
- 91%
- Working at 6 months
- 38%
- Earned in a quarter
- $8,706
- Length
- 9 weeks, 40 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 12
- a year, estimated
- $34,800
- price
- $12,000
Entry Level Expanded Functions Dental Assisting & Entry Level Dental Front Office Administration Combo Program*
Dentrilogy Academy, LLC
West Palm Beach
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$13,000More details about Entry Level Expanded Functions Dental Assisting & Entry Level Dental Front Office Administration Combo Program* at Dentrilogy Academy, LLC
- Finished
- 63%
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 16 weeks, 22 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $500
- Students counted
- 12
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $13,000
Entry-Level Dental Assistant
Dats Of Florida, Inc. - West Palm Beach-Is
West Palm Beach
Education and courses
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$3,075More details about Entry-Level Dental Assistant at Dats Of Florida, Inc. - West Palm Beach-Is
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 4 weeks, 38 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $3,075
Dental Assisting
Miami Dade County Public Schools All-Vs
Miami
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$3,624More details about Dental Assisting at Miami Dade County Public Schools All-Vs
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 80 weeks, 16 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $967
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $3,624
Dental Assistant
Florida Career College - Pembroke Pines-Is
Pembroke Pines
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$15,000More details about Dental Assistant at Florida Career College - Pembroke Pines-Is
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 34 weeks, 24 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $15,000
Dental Assistant*
Florida Career College - Lauderdale Lakes-Is
Lauderdale Lakes
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$21,211More details about Dental Assistant* at Florida Career College - Lauderdale Lakes-Is
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 34 weeks, 24 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $289
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $21,211
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How to pay for dental assistant programs in Miami
WIOA funding can pay for dental assistant programs in Miami
Every program on this page is approved for WIOA funding: public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. It can pay for training for eligible adults, people who lost their job and young people.2People on public assistance, with a low income or lacking basic skills come first, and veterans have priority.3
Ask at an American Job Center
Eligibility rules apply, and services vary from state to state. Your local American Job Center can tell you whether you qualify. The Department of Labor's page links to the center finder, or call 1-877-US-2JOBS (1-877-872-5627).4
Financial aid and grants for dental assistant programs
Most students can get federal student aid for college, career school or trade school. A Federal Pell Grant, unlike a loan, usually doesn't have to be repaid. Ask the school whether its program qualifies.56
GI Bill for dental assistant programs
Veterans, service members and qualified dependents can use GI Bill benefits for non-college training programs.7
The program list does not show which programs accept these. Ask the school.
Does WIOA pay for job training? Who qualifies and how to apply
Where the Miami dental assisting program numbers come from
Which Miami dental assisting programs are on this list?
These are the dental assisting programs with classes in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach area that are approved for WIOA funding (public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), as reported to the US Department of Labor for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Each state keeps its approved programs on an eligible training provider list (ETPL).8 The list here covers programs approved as of June 30, 2025. Online programs are left out here; they are on the Florida page. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what the area offers.
How Miami dental assisting program prices are reported
The price is tuition and required fees for someone paying without workforce funding, as the school reported it. Prices under $100 are treated as not reported, because the file holds many blanks entered as $0. Check the current price with the school.
What the graduate results of these programs measure
The figures at the top of this page are the middle program among those that report results: half did better, half did worse. Results describe students who left each program in recent years: the share who finished, the share working in the second quarter after leaving, and the middle earnings of those working in that quarter. States report earnings for that one quarter because they take them from the wage reports employers file every three months. The yearly figure here is that quarter times four, rounded to the nearest $100: an estimate, and an early one, since it is measured about half a year after training. The quarter as reported is under "More details" on each program. Results are withheld for small programs, and they describe past students, so they are no guarantee.
Why do some dental assisting programs say "Not reported"?
Where a school or the state left a field empty, or the Department of Labor withheld it, the page says "Not reported". Nothing here is estimated to fill a gap.
Why the kind of school is left off each program
The file also records whether a school is public, private or nonprofit, but those entries are wrong too often to print next to a school's name, so this page leaves them out.
Other training in Miami
Sources for the facts about dental assistant programs in Miami
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- US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Dental Assistants
- US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: About This Site
- US Department of Labor: WIOA Adult Program
- US Department of Labor: American Job Centers
- US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Eligibility for Federal Student Aid
- US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid: Don't Miss Out on Federal Pell Grants
- US Department of Veterans Affairs: GI Bill benefits for non-college degree programs
- 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