Best Value / By Major

Best Value Colleges for Dental Support Services and Allied Professions

Schools ranked by payback period — how quickly you recoup your investment through higher earnings.

46

Schools Ranked

$55,787

Avg. Earnings

1.6 yrs

Best Payback

3,290

Graduates

How we calculate value: Payback = (4 years of net price) / (major earnings - $35k baseline). A 2-year payback means you recoup your investment in 2 years through higher earnings vs. not attending college.

#	School	Net Price/yr	Major Earnings	Payback
1	Midwestern State University Wichita Falls, TX · Public	$10,417	$61,516	1.6 yrs
2	University of Wyoming Laramie, WY · Public	$9,394	$58,402	1.6 yrs
3	Texas Woman's University Denton, TX · Public	$10,508	$59,124	1.7 yrs
4	Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA · Public	$12,224	$62,707	1.8 yrs
5	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI · Public	$15,183	$65,486	2 yrs
6	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV · Public	$13,077	$61,814	2 yrs
7	University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Fort Smith, AR · Public	$10,326	$55,964	2 yrs
8	University of Louisiana at Monroe Monroe, LA · Public	$11,384	$57,318	2 yrs
9	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN · Public	$12,911	$59,576	2.1 yrs
10	Oregon Institute of Technology Klamath Falls, OR · Public	$16,695	$65,320	2.2 yrs
11	Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ · Public	$14,142	$61,110	2.2 yrs
12	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA · Private	$22,826	$74,845	2.3 yrs
13	Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA · Public	$18,553	$66,073	2.4 yrs
14	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC · Public	$11,619	$53,775	2.5 yrs
15	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH · Public	$13,273	$56,068	2.5 yrs
16	University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO · Public	$15,768	$60,399	2.5 yrs
17	Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MN · Public	$14,995	$58,447	2.6 yrs
18	Ferris State University Big Rapids, MI · Public	$13,230	$55,693	2.6 yrs
19	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI · Public	$10,481	$50,856	2.6 yrs
20	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK · Public	$21,725	$66,461	2.8 yrs
21	University of Southern Indiana Evansville, IN · Public	$14,486	$54,880	2.9 yrs
22	Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX · Public	$17,525	$57,995	3 yrs
23	Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA · Public	$16,954	$57,770	3 yrs
24	Indiana University-Northwest Gary, IN · Public	$7,885	$45,500	3 yrs
25	Clayton State University Morrow, GA · Public	$13,406	$52,607	3 yrs
26	Pacific University Forest Grove, OR · Private	$28,111	$71,015	3.1 yrs
27	Augusta University Augusta, GA · Public	$13,276	$50,856	3.3 yrs
28	Indiana University-South Bend South Bend, IN · Public	$10,840	$48,198	3.3 yrs
29	University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM · Public	$16,644	$52,107	3.9 yrs
30	University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT · Private	$25,156	$59,576	4.1 yrs
31	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL · Public	$14,499	$49,312	4.1 yrs
32	University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD · Public	$19,548	$54,252	4.1 yrs
33	University of Louisville Louisville, KY · Public	$17,380	$50,760	4.4 yrs
34	University of Mississippi University, MS · Public	$15,351	$49,019	4.4 yrs
35	University of Detroit Mercy Detroit, MI · Private	$15,476	$48,041	4.7 yrs
36	Wichita State University Wichita, KS · Public	$14,581	$47,494	4.7 yrs
37	West Coast University-Los Angeles North Hollywood, CA · For-Profit	$46,120	$71,015	5.1 yrs
38	Purdue University Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, IN · Public	$13,015	$45,305	5.1 yrs
39	MCPHS University Boston, MA · Private	$38,606	$63,005	5.5 yrs
40	East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN · Public	$15,113	$45,852	5.6 yrs
41	University of New Haven West Haven, CT · Private	$35,331	$58,673	6 yrs
42	University of New England Biddeford, ME · Private	$32,345	$55,651	6.3 yrs
43	Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH · Public	$13,754	$42,892	7 yrs
44	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA · Public	$24,139	$48,849	7 yrs
45	Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY · Public	$17,490	$43,054	8.7 yrs
46	West Liberty University West Liberty, WV · Public	$13,908	$32,925	N/A

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Payback uses earnings by major from the College Scorecard's field-of-study file, last updated June 2026, against net price from the June 2026 release. Scorecard publishes the two separately, so they are different vintages.