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Advantages to getting a Dental Assisting degree over a DA Diploma
I'm thinking of starting schooling in Dental Assisting at a local community college, they offer a 2 year degree and also a diploma.
Does anyone know what the advantages to getting the degree over the diploma would be? Because the diploma is so much cheaper....
Thanks in advance!
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Check out the job you want first! If you know you want to be a dental assistant, ask who is hiring and then ask if they'll hire someone with just the diploma. It might be good to make sure recent grads are being hired with just the diploma. Ask around and see who knows people who finished the program. See if they wished they'd gotten the degree (or vice versa). If you can get the same job for less money, go for the cheaper option.
Most likely the diploma is just the coursework specific to the DA field only, whereas the degree probably has general ed requirements that can be used to complete a bachelors or associates that can be used as a stepping stone for further education (a bachelors degree is required for admission into a masters, professional, or doctoral program, for instance). If you could later apply the diploma coursework to a degree if you change your mind on what you want to do, you wouldn't be losing anything by going for the diploma first.
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There maybe a higher pay rate with the degree, or different opportunities... Some places may require the degree over the diploma. Look into places you'd want to work and see what they require before you make a commitment to either program.
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This is a question I believe you should ask a course advisor at the community college. To me a degree and diploma are somewhat synonymous so I have a hard time thinking about what could be the difference.
There is a difference between an AA degree and a BA degree which are diploma titles. Most community colleges only offer AA degrees as that is all you can achieve in 2 years of study. You need 4 years of study to achieve a BA degree.
So talk to a course advisor at the college, this is what they are there for and get the information straight from the horses mouth; as it is said. This way you have the meaning as the school understands it and not how anyone of us thinks it might be.
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