Dental assistant programs in Portland, Oregon
10 dental assistant programs with costs, results and funding that can make them free
10 schools offer these dental assisting programs with classes in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro area, and every one is approved for workforce funding: 6 by Washington and 4 by Oregon. 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 Portland, 1 of the 10 programs takes students without a high school diploma, and 6 are taught partly or fully online.
See the 10 programsAll 10 dental assistant programs in Oregon, including online programs
How much do dental assistant programs cost in Portland?
$5,400 to $9,169 is what most dental assistant programs in Portland cost if you pay yourself
That is the middle half of the 9 programs with a price. All of them: $4,929 to $24,618
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
- 13 to 36 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 Portland may also offer dental assistant programs. How these figures are made
All 10 dental assistant programs in Portland approved for WIOA funding
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Dental Assisting
Elite Dental Assisting Academy LLC
Vancouver
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$25,800Price if you pay yourself$5,400Program website, Dental Assisting at Elite Dental Assisting Academy LLCMore details about Dental Assisting at Elite Dental Assisting Academy LLC
- Finished
- 82%
- Working at 6 months
- 93%
- Earned in a quarter
- $6,459
- Length
- 13 weeks, 8 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $75
- Students counted
- 67
- a year, estimated
- $25,800
- price
- $5,400
Dental Assisting
Charter College / Vancouver
Vancouver
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$34,200Price if you pay yourself$24,618Program website, Dental Assisting at Charter College / VancouverMore details about Dental Assisting at Charter College / Vancouver
- Finished
- 87%
- Working at 6 months
- 79%
- Earned in a quarter
- $8,542
- Length
- 40 weeks, 17 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 48
- a year, estimated
- $34,200
- price
- $24,618
Dental Assistant
Clackamas Community College
Milwaukie
Prerequisite courses
Earned a year, estimated$30,900Price if you pay yourself$9,169Program website, Dental Assistant at Clackamas Community CollegeMore details about Dental Assistant at Clackamas Community College
- Finished
- 69%
- Working at 6 months
- 100%
- Earned in a quarter
- $7,714
- Length
- 33 weeks, 40 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $3,782
- Students counted
- 15
- a year, estimated
- $30,900
- price
- $9,169
Dental Assisting
Pacific Northwest Dental Assisting Academy
Camas
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimated$36,200Price if you pay yourself$4,995Program website, Dental Assisting at Pacific Northwest Dental Assisting AcademyMore details about Dental Assisting at Pacific Northwest Dental Assisting Academy
- Finished
- 100%
- Working at 6 months
- 100%
- Earned in a quarter
- $9,047
- Length
- 40 weeks, 3 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- 11
- a year, estimated
- $36,200
- price
- $4,995
Oceanpointe Dental Academy of Portland
Accelerated Assisting
Portland
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$4,929Program website, Oceanpointe Dental Academy of Portland at Accelerated AssistingMore details about Oceanpointe Dental Academy of Portland at Accelerated Assisting
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 14 weeks, 40 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $579
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $4,929
Dental Assisting
Portland Community College
Portland
Education and courses
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$6,635Program website, Dental Assisting at Portland Community CollegeMore details about Dental Assisting at Portland Community College
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 34 weeks, 40 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- $1,300
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $6,635
Dental Assisting
Vancouver Dental Assisting School
Vancouver
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$6,750Program website, Dental Assisting at Vancouver Dental Assisting SchoolMore details about Dental Assisting at Vancouver Dental Assisting School
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 12 weeks, 15 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $6,750
Dental Assisting Program
Dental Assisting Training Institute
Vancouver
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$7,100Program website, Dental Assisting Program at Dental Assisting Training InstituteMore details about Dental Assisting Program at Dental Assisting Training Institute
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 10 weeks, 4 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $7,100
Dental Assisting
Carrington College
Portland
High school diploma or equivalent
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourself$20,130Program website, Dental Assisting at Carrington CollegeMore details about Dental Assisting at Carrington College
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- 36 weeks, 40 hours a week
- Cost of supplies
- None listed
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- $20,130
Dental Assistant
Vancouver Dental Assistant Academy, LLC
Vancouver
No diploma needed
Earned a year, estimatedNot reportedPrice if you pay yourselfNot reportedProgram website, Dental Assistant at Vancouver Dental Assistant Academy, LLCMore details about Dental Assistant at Vancouver Dental Assistant Academy, LLC
- Finished
- Not reported
- Working at 6 months
- Not reported
- Earned in a quarter
- Not reported
- Length
- Not reported
- Cost of supplies
- Not reported
- Students counted
- Not reported
- a year, estimated
- Not reported
- price
- Not reported
No programs match these filters.
How to pay for dental assistant programs in Portland
WIOA funding can pay for dental assistant programs in Portland
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 Portland dental assisting program numbers come from
Which Portland dental assisting programs are on this list?
These are the dental assisting programs with classes in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro 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 Oregon page. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what the area offers.
How Portland 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 Portland
Sources for the facts about dental assistant programs in Portland
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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