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Dental Assisting Schools in Tennessee

20 schools in Tennessee offer dental assisting-related programs, compared below on official cost, completion, and earnings data. Prefer to earn while you learn? 6 registered apprenticeship sponsors in Tennessee train dental assisting apprentices — see apprenticeships.

Schools in Tennessee
20
Median net price / yr (Tennessee)
$15,462
national: $11,621
Median earnings (Tennessee)
$33,816
national: $38,005
Apprenticeship sponsors
6
earn while training

Schools, ranked by earnings per tuition dollar

SchoolCityTypeNet price / yrCompletionEarnings (10 yr)
Roane State Community CollegeHarrimanpublic$4,27035.5%$39,407
Chattanooga State Community CollegeChattanoogapublic$5,28328%$37,598
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-MurfreesboroMurfreesboropublic$6,63175.3%$40,869
Volunteer State Community CollegeGallatinpublic$7,80227.2%$41,150
Northeast State Community CollegeBlountvillepublic$6,86437.3%$34,553
Tennessee College of Applied Technology NorthwestNewbernpublic$9,69866.5%$38,514
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-DicksonDicksonpublic$14,78075.5%$36,829
Tennessee College of Applied Technology NashvilleNashvillepublic$15,81670.5%$38,955
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-MemphisMemphispublic$14,31547.2%$31,192
South CollegeKnoxvilleprivate for-profit$17,85844.1%$36,642
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-KnoxvilleKnoxvillepublic$20,01270.8%$37,235
Genesis Career College-CookevilleCookevilleprivate for-profit$12,32149.4%$22,652
Ross Medical Education Center-Johnson CityJohnson Cityprivate for-profit$19,83256.4%$33,079
Genesis Career College-LebanonLebanonprivate for-profit$15,10754%$24,977
Ross Medical Education Center-KnoxvilleKnoxvilleprivate for-profit$20,27773%$30,072
Miller-Motte College-ChattanoogaChattanoogaprivate for-profit$23,95854.4%$31,102
Concorde Career College-MemphisMemphisprivate for-profit$24,56368.2%$31,599
Remington College-Memphis CampusMemphisprivate nonprofit$26,57245.8%$31,349
Remington College-Nashville CampusNashvilleprivate nonprofit$29,09863.3%$31,349
Chattanooga College Medical Dental and & Technical CareersChattanoogaprivate for-profit$33,62566.4%$25,954

Ranking = median earnings 10 years after entry per $1,000 of average yearly net price (methodology). Schools without both figures sort last — "not reported" means the federal dataset lacks the value, not that the school is bad.

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Data: U.S. Dept of Education College Scorecard (most recent release, pulled July 2026) + U.S. Dept of Labor apprenticeship.gov. Methodology & provenance. Independent site — not affiliated with any government agency.