School Comparison Chart
A Side-By-Side Comparison Of Schools And Jobs To Help You Decide What To Do Now
Hate the do-nothing, go-nowhere job that you are in? High school's over and you have no decent job skills (NOT retail, NOT fast foods). Or maybe you're a bit older and your kids are in school and you want a daytime career to bring in some extra money? Whatever your Situation or need, here's a comparison of your choices:
|
School or Job Training Choices |
Time | Cost |
Graduate Job Options |
| Indiana University for a B.A. Degree (120 credll hours) | 4 years (1460 days) | $56,416 | Entry Level Office Work |
| Jefferson Community College for an Associates Degree (60 hours) in office systems | 2.5 years (912 days) | $9,272.00/yr. | Entry level office clerical work |
| ATA Louisville Kentucky | 10 months (3 days a week) | $16,000.00 | Entry level dental assistant |
| Academy of Dental Assisting Louisville Kentucky | 8 weeks |
$4,000.00
|
Entry level dental assistant |
| Indiana Dental Academy | 10 weeks |
$1,995.00
|
Entry level dental assistant |
| Plaza Dental Assistant School (80) Classroom hours) | 10 Saturdays (70 days) | $2,997.00 | Entry Level dental assistant |
Plaza Dental Assisting School includes BOTH Kentucky and Indiana X-Ray certification AND there are no additional fees for books and supplies!
If you want to include some letters after your name (like B.A.) you'll need to spend four whole years in school full time and spend almost $25,000!
And then you get to go out and look for a job.
If you decide to go to a junior college instead, you can cut down the cost two or three thousand dollars, but you still have to go to school Monday through Friday, full-time, for two years or more! And then you get to go out and look for a job.
If all you want is some hands-on training and a chance for a rewarding job you can be proud of and a paycheck before you're too old to use it-call the Saturday dental assistant's school! There's really no comparison in time or money required.
A career of helping people improve their dental health will be rewarding and enormously satisfying for you. No two days will ever be the same and your job will continuously renew itself as you are given more and more responsibilities and patient services. Dental aSSisting is a career that will always be in demand and in need of enthusiastic, trained, and caring individuals.
Please read over the enclosed information and call us if you have ANY questions at (812) 945-9666. My staff and I look forward to seeing you in our next class! (And working in as few as 10 Saturdays!)
Dr. William W. Oakes, DDS, FAES, MAES
Director
