Dental assistant programs in Orlando, Florida
10 dental assistant programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free
9 schools offer these dental assisting programs with classes in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford 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 Orlando, 5 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 Orlando?
$3,764 to $5,532 is what most dental assistant programs in Orlando cost if you pay yourself
That is the middle half of the 10 programs with a price. All of them: $950 to $16,830
In the typical program
- Finished the program
- Too few programs to say
- Working 6 months later
- Too few programs to say
- Earned a year, estimated
- Too few programs to say
- Length
- 12 to 38 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 Orlando may also offer dental assistant programs. How these figures are made
All 10 dental assistant programs in Orlando approved for WIOA funding
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Entry Level Dental Assisting With Expanded Functions
AAA School Of Dental Assisting-CSCF
Sanford
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$27,800Price if you pay yourself$5,000Program website, Entry Level Dental Assisting With Expanded Functions at AAA School Of Dental Assisting-CSCFMore details about Entry Level Dental Assisting With Expanded Functions at AAA School Of Dental Assisting-CSCF
- Finished
- 86%
- Working at 6 months
- 83%
- Earned in a quarter
- $6,948
- Length
- 12 weeks, 16 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $75
- Students counted
- 357
- a year, estimated
- $27,800
- price
- $5,000
Dental Assistant
Concorde Career Institute-Orlando-CSCF
Orlando
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimated$27,500Price if you pay yourself$7,000School website, Dental Assistant at Concorde Career Institute-Orlando-CSCFMore details about Dental Assistant at Concorde Career Institute-Orlando-CSCF
- Finished
- 51%
- Working at 6 months
- 83%
- Earned in a quarter
- $6,873
- Length
- 32 weeks, 25 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 236
- a year, estimated
- $27,500
- price
- $7,000
Dental Assistant With Expanded Function
Greater Orlando Dental Assisting School-Is-CSCF
Orlando
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$27,200Price if you pay yourself$3,800Program website, Dental Assistant With Expanded Function at Greater Orlando Dental Assisting School-Is-CSCFMore details about Dental Assistant With Expanded Function at Greater Orlando Dental Assisting School-Is-CSCF
- Finished
- 86%
- Working at 6 months
- 79%
- Earned in a quarter
- $6,798
- Length
- 13 weeks, 12 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 146
- a year, estimated
- $27,200
- price
- $3,800
Dental Assistant-Cd4
Concorde Career Institute- Orlando (Polk)
Orlando
Education and courses
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$16,830Program website, Dental Assistant-Cd4 at Concorde Career Institute- Orlando (Polk)More details about Dental Assistant-Cd4 at Concorde Career Institute- Orlando (Polk)
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 30 weeks, 27 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $728
- Students counted
- 59
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $16,830
Dental Assisting Technology & Management
Orange Technical College - Main Campus/Avalon-CSCF
Orlando
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$4,057School website, Dental Assisting Technology & Management at Orange Technical College - Main Campus/Avalon-CSCFMore details about Dental Assisting Technology & Management at Orange Technical College - Main Campus/Avalon-CSCF
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 40 weeks, 30 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $2,482
- Students counted
- 21
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $4,057
Dental Assisting Expanded Functions (Part 2)
Lake Sumter State College - Cont Educ-CSCF
Leesburg
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$950Program website, Dental Assisting Expanded Functions (Part 2) at Lake Sumter State College - Cont Educ-CSCFMore details about Dental Assisting Expanded Functions (Part 2) at Lake Sumter State College - Cont Educ-CSCF
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 3 weeks, 48 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $950
Dental Assisting (Part 1)
Lake Sumter State College - Cont Educ-CSCF
Leesburg
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$2,950Program website, Dental Assisting (Part 1) at Lake Sumter State College - Cont Educ-CSCFMore details about Dental Assisting (Part 1) at Lake Sumter State College - Cont Educ-CSCF
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 14 weeks, 8 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $2,950
Dental Assistant
Dental Assisting Academy of Central Florida, LLC-Is-CSCF
Orlando
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$3,752More details about Dental Assistant at Dental Assisting Academy of Central Florida, LLC-Is-CSCF
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 8 weeks, 17 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $3,752
Dental Assisting Technology And Management
Orange Technical College - East Campus-CSCF
Winter Park
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$4,057School website, Dental Assisting Technology And Management at Orange Technical College - East Campus-CSCFMore details about Dental Assisting Technology And Management at Orange Technical College - East Campus-CSCF
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 41 weeks, 30 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $2,482
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $4,057
Dental Assisting
Osceola Technical College-O-Tech-CSCF
Kissimmee
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$5,709Program website, Dental Assisting at Osceola Technical College-O-Tech-CSCFMore details about Dental Assisting at Osceola Technical College-O-Tech-CSCF
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 42 weeks, 40 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $1,291
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $5,709
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How to pay for dental assistant programs in Orlando
WIOA funding can pay for dental assistant programs in Orlando
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 Orlando dental assisting program numbers come from
Which Orlando dental assisting programs are on this list?
These are the dental assisting programs with classes in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford 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 Orlando 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 Orlando
Sources for the facts about dental assistant programs in Orlando
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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