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CIP 51.0601 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Dental Assisting/Assistant.

A program that prepares individuals to provide patient care, take dental radiographs (x-ray photographs), prepare patients and equipment for dental procedures, and discharge office administrative functions under the supervision of dentists and dental hygienists. Includes instruction in medical record-keeping, general office duties, reception and patient intake, scheduling, equipment maintenance and sterilization, basic radiography, pre- and post-operative patient care and instruction, chairside assisting, taking tooth and mouth impressions, and supervised practice.

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These institutions reported at least one first-major completion in this field in the connected reporting years ending 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This shows historical award activity, not a complete list of available programs or an assurance that a course is accepting applications.

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Sources: NCES CIP 2020 classification and C2023_A.zip, C2024_A.zip, C2025_A.zip, C2020_A.zip, C2021_A.zip, C2022_A.zip, C2024_A.zip.

Connected Dental Assisting/Assistant award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 51.0601. Institution counts overlap across levels and years. Award counts are historical first-major awards, not unique people, available places, programme quality or a graduation rate.

Year endingAward levelReporting institutionsPositive awards
2025Certificate 1–2 years41110,394
2025Associate degree1111,473
2025Certificate under 12 weeks14276
2025Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year1433,960
2024Certificate 1–2 years40610,107
2024Associate degree1131,362
2024Bachelor degree11
2024Certificate under 12 weeks15251
2024Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year1363,832
2023Certificate 1–2 years43411,241
2023Associate degree1151,383
2023Certificate under 12 weeks13175
2023Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year1353,541
2022Certificate 1–2 years44811,529
2022Associate degree1141,431
2022Bachelor degree12
2022Certificate under 12 weeks10134
2022Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year1383,988
2021Certificate 1–2 years45010,985
2021Associate degree1211,523
2021Certificate 2–4 years11
2021Bachelor degree12
2021Certificate under 12 weeks14193
2021Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year1334,518
2020Certificate 1–2 years4298,987
2020Associate degree1141,374
2020Certificate 2–4 years315
2020Bachelor degree11
2020Certificate under 12 weeks880
2020Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year1353,978

A year ending 2025 describes July 2024–June 2025. Do not add different years to estimate an entering class or current enrolment. Follow an institution's field link below to inspect the exact records.

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CIP 51.0601 is a reporting classification. The official definition above explains its scope, while a university may use a different programme title. Related fields in classification family 51 can involve different curricula and award levels.

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Institutions with reported graduates

670 institutions

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