Dental Assisting

If you are looking to start a new and rewarding career as a dental assistant, STVT has just the program for you!  Our Dental Assisting (DA) diploma program is designed to prepare students for successful careers in less than a year.  The career-oriented program combines dental office administration, laboratory procedures, and chairside dental care.

Professional instructors help students develop skills and hands-on experience necessary to assist with the delivery of quality, efficient dental care.  Let STVT help you start your career in this exciting industry.  Our diploma program offers affordable, practical training with convenient scheduling options.   Faculty help students foster skills essential for success in the fast-paced environment of dental offices including billing and insurance procedures, patient record management, tray setup, x-ray processing, and dental charting.

Students must possess a high school diploma, GED or recognized equivalent, or demonstrate the ability to benefit from training.  Non-high school graduates or students who do not possess appropriate equivalency may be admitted under ability to benefit (ATB) criteria with a minimum score of Verbal-200 and Quantitative-210 on the Wonderlic Basic Skills Test.  The DA graduate will be qualified for entry-level employment as a receptionist, insurance clerk or chairside assistance in dental offices or clinics.

As of September 1, 2006, a student must complete a mandatory brief course approved by Texas State Board of Dental Examiners in order to become a registered dental assistant.  An approved provider list can be found of the TSBDE website - http://www.tsbde.state.tx.us.  STVT will pay for this required course and a student's first attempt of successful completion of this course for all DA students that have completed all other academic requirements towards the completion of the program.

South Texas Vocational Technical Institute, Weslaco (Location 60) Disclosures

Program Cost: $18,260
Placement Rate*: This program is new for this location and it does not contain any graduates within the cohort.
On-time Graduation Rate: This program is new for this location and it does not contain any graduates within the cohort.

Median Loan Debt: This program is new for this location and it does not contain any graduates within the cohort.

Each educational program offered by STVT is classified by a Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) Code. To better inform our prospective and current students, STVT, in accordance with federal regulations, is providing the Standard Occupational Code (SOC) and expected employment outcomes the student may expect upon completion of the program. For each academic program, we are providing the SOC Codes, SOC Job Titles, and the link to the tasks covered within the standard occupational code. Prospective and current students may review the links provided to get a better understanding of the possible tasks the employee will be expected to perform in each possible occupation.

CIP Code: 51.0601

SOC Code: 31-9091.00 Dental Assistant, http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/31-9091.00,
25-1071.00 Health Specialities Teachers, Postsecondary, http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/25-1071.00

South Texas Vocational Technical Institute, Brownsville (Location 65) Disclosures

Program Cost: $18,260
Placement Rate*: 31.11% TWC, 56% COE
Employment Rate: 55.56% TWC

The On-time Graduation Rate is a calculation which demonstrates, based on the number of students who graduate within the 2009-2010 award year, the percentage of those students who completed their educational program on time based on the published program length (in weeks). The published program length assumes a student is attending full-time and passes each class without being required to repeat any courses. Students not attending full time are required to repeat a class, are not counted as graduating on time.

On-time Graduation Rate: 78% (Day), 59% (Evening)

Median Loan Debt:

The Median Loan Debt calculation is based on the median debt incurred in Title IV Federal Student Aid Loans (Subsidized and Unsubsidized) and Private Loans incurred by students who graduated from their educational program in the 2009-2010 award year. In addition, we provide the median amount graduates owed the school (school balance) at the time the student graduated from the educational program. This data is intended to provide prospective students, and the public, with the median amount a student can be expected to repay upon completing the program.

Sub	Unsub	Private	School Balance
$3,500	$3,733	$2,276	$0

Each educational program offered by ATI is classified by a Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) Code. To better inform our prospective and current students, ATI, in accordance with federal regulations, is providing the Standard Occupational Code (SOC) and expected employment outcomes the student may expect upon completion of the program. For each academic program, we are providing the SOC Codes, SOC Job Titles, and the link to the tasks covered within the standard occupational code. Prospective and current students may review the links provided to get a better understanding of the possible tasks the employee will be expected to perform in each possible occupation.

CIP Code: 51.0601

SOC Code: 31-9091.00 Dental Assistant, http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/31-9091.00,
25-1071.00 Health Specialities Teachers, Postsecondary, http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/25-1071.00

*Placement Rate Methodology:

TWC

The following is the methodology for calculating the reported rates for the Texas Workforce Commission Enrollment, Completion, and Placement Outcome Report:

COMPLETION RATE
Completers [Completers + Leavers] – [Non-completers due to: Postsecondary Education, Active military service; Incarcerated; or Deceased]	x100

EMPLOYMENT RATE
Placed by the School + Not Placed by the School [Completers] – [Completers not employed due to: Postsecondary Education, Active military service; Incarcerated; or Deceased]	x100

PLACEMENT RATE
Placed Completers	x100

COE

All placement rates disclosed were reported to COE in the 2010 annual report.
The placement rates are determined by dividing the total number of graduates employed in the field of study and non‐graduate completers into the total number of graduate completers and non‐grad completers.

Graduates employed in the field of study are defined as any graduate that has obtained employment in their field of study, has entered the military or has continued their education.

Non non‐graduate completers are defined as any student who left the program without a credential for employment in their field of study.

Graduate completers are defined as any student the met graduation requirements and received a credential.

Graduates completers are not included in the calculation if they are considered unavailable for employment as defined by COE to include death, medical reasons, pregnancy or refusal of employment.

These disclosed placement rates reflect historical outcomes of graduate employment and should not be relied on by anyone as an implicit or explicit representation or promise of future employability for any graduate.

South Texas Vocational Technical Institute, McAllen (Location 70) Disclosures

Program Cost: $18,260
Placement Rate*: 50% TWC, 84% COE
Employment Rate: 79.27% TWC

The On-time Graduation Rate is a calculation which demonstrates, based on the number of students who graduate within the 2009-2010 award year, the percentage of those students who completed their educational program on time based on the published program length (in weeks). The published program length assumes a student is attending full-time and passes each class without being required to repeat any courses. Students not attending full time are required to repeat a class, are not counted as graduating on time.

On-time Graduation Rate: 71%

Median Loan Debt:

The Median Loan Debt calculation is based on the median debt incurred in Title IV Federal Student Aid Loans (Subsidized and Unsubsidized) and Private Loans incurred by students who graduated from their educational program in the 2009-2010 award year. In addition, we provide the median amount graduates owed the school (school balance) at the time the student graduated from the educational program. This data is intended to provide prospective students, and the public, with the median amount a student can be expected to repay upon completing the program.

Sub	Unsub	Private	School Balance
$5,000	$4,400	$208	$0

Each educational program offered by ATI is classified by a Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) Code. To better inform our prospective and current students, ATI, in accordance with federal regulations, is providing the Standard Occupational Code (SOC) and expected employment outcomes the student may expect upon completion of the program. For each academic program, we are providing the SOC Codes, SOC Job Titles, and the link to the tasks covered within the standard occupational code. Prospective and current students may review the links provided to get a better understanding of the possible tasks the employee will be expected to perform in each possible occupation.

CIP Code: 51.0601

SOC Code: 31-9091.00 Dental Assistant, http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/31-9091.00,
25-1071.00 Health Specialities Teachers, Postsecondary, http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/25-1071.00

*Placement Rate Methodology:

TWC

The following is the methodology for calculating the reported rates for the Texas Workforce Commission Enrollment, Completion, and Placement Outcome Report:

COMPLETION RATE
Completers [Completers + Leavers] – [Non-completers due to: Postsecondary Education, Active military service; Incarcerated; or Deceased]	x100

EMPLOYMENT RATE
Placed by the School + Not Placed by the School [Completers] – [Completers not employed due to: Postsecondary Education, Active military service; Incarcerated; or Deceased]	x100

PLACEMENT RATE
Placed Completers	x100

COE

All placement rates disclosed were reported to COE in the 2010 annual report.
The placement rates are determined by dividing the total number of graduates employed in the field of study and non‐graduate completers into the total number of graduate completers and non‐grad completers.

Graduates employed in the field of study are defined as any graduate that has obtained employment in their field of study, has entered the military or has continued their education.

Non non‐graduate completers are defined as any student who left the program without a credential for employment in their field of study.

Graduate completers are defined as any student the met graduation requirements and received a credential.

Graduates completers are not included in the calculation if they are considered unavailable for employment as defined by COE to include death, medical reasons, pregnancy or refusal of employment.

These disclosed placement rates reflect historical outcomes of graduate employment and should not be relied on by anyone as an implicit or explicit representation or promise of future employability for any graduate.

South Texas Vocational Technical Institute, Corpus Christi (Location 75) Disclosures

Program Cost: $18,260
Placement Rate*: 48.94% TWC, 76% COE
Employment Rate: 65.96% TWC

The On-time Graduation Rate is a calculation which demonstrates, based on the number of students who graduate within the 2009-2010 award year, the percentage of those students who completed their educational program on time based on the published program length (in weeks). The published program length assumes a student is attending full-time and passes each class without being required to repeat any courses. Students not attending full time are required to repeat a class, are not counted as graduating on time.

On-time Graduation Rate:78% (Day), 83% (Evening)

Median Loan Debt:

The Median Loan Debt calculation is based on the median debt incurred in Title IV Federal Student Aid Loans (Subsidized and Unsubsidized) and Private Loans incurred by students who graduated from their educational program in the 2009-2010 award year. In addition, we provide the median amount graduates owed the school (school balance) at the time the student graduated from the educational program. This data is intended to provide prospective students, and the public, with the median amount a student can be expected to repay upon completing the program.

Sub	Unsub	Private	School Balance
$3,831	$4,610	$3,700	$0

Each educational program offered by ATI is classified by a Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) Code. To better inform our prospective and current students, ATI, in accordance with federal regulations, is providing the Standard Occupational Code (SOC) and expected employment outcomes the student may expect upon completion of the program. For each academic program, we are providing the SOC Codes, SOC Job Titles, and the link to the tasks covered within the standard occupational code. Prospective and current students may review the links provided to get a better understanding of the possible tasks the employee will be expected to perform in each possible occupation.

CIP Code: 51.0601

SOC Code: 31-9091.00 Dental Assistant, http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/31-9091.00,
25-1071.00 Health Specialities Teachers, Postsecondary, http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/25-1071.00

*Placement Rate Methodology:

TWC

The following is the methodology for calculating the reported rates for the Texas Workforce Commission Enrollment, Completion, and Placement Outcome Report:

COMPLETION RATE
Completers [Completers + Leavers] – [Non-completers due to: Postsecondary Education, Active military service; Incarcerated; or Deceased]	x100

EMPLOYMENT RATE
Placed by the School + Not Placed by the School [Completers] – [Completers not employed due to: Postsecondary Education, Active military service; Incarcerated; or Deceased]	x100

PLACEMENT RATE
Placed Completers	x100

COE

All placement rates disclosed were reported to COE in the 2010 annual report.
The placement rates are determined by dividing the total number of graduates employed in the field of study and non‐graduate completers into the total number of graduate completers and non‐grad completers.

Graduates employed in the field of study are defined as any graduate that has obtained employment in their field of study, has entered the military or has continued their education.

Non non‐graduate completers are defined as any student who left the program without a credential for employment in their field of study.

Graduate completers are defined as any student the met graduation requirements and received a credential.

Graduates completers are not included in the calculation if they are considered unavailable for employment as defined by COE to include death, medical reasons, pregnancy or refusal of employment.

These disclosed placement rates reflect historical outcomes of graduate employment and should not be relied on by anyone as an implicit or explicit representation or promise of future employability for any graduate.