Hickory, North Carolina · Public
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions at Catawba Valley Community College
Read the reported program-share signal, school-wide price, and outcome proxy before comparing peer schools in this field. The enrollment proxy is about 26 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
Program snapshot
1% reported share makes this a small program signal in federal data.
This major
- Program signal
- 0.9%
- Enrollment proxy
- ~26
- Schools with reported signal
- 301
Admissions
- Acceptance rate (school)
- Open / not reported
- Graduation rate
- 35.2%
Cost
- Avg net price (school)
- $10,528/yr
- 4-year cost (est.)
- $42,112
- Median debt
- $4,938
Outcomes
- Median earnings 10y
- $36,977/yr
- ROI grade (school)
- B
College Scorecard reports school-wide earnings and price, not per-major outcomes for individual colleges. Program share is a concentration signal, not a promise of department quality. Use it as a proxy, then verify department-level outcomes with the school.
This page stays available for users because the program appears in federal data, but it is not promoted for search indexing while the reported share is below 1%.
Value among peer schools
Compared with 301 schools that report this field.
This page treats cost and earnings as school-wide context, not department-level outcomes. The reported share is below the national average concentration; the school-wide net price is lower than the peer average ($1,463 below), and ten-year median earnings are lower than the peer average ($7,567 below). That combination produces a B value grade and a top 68% ROI position within this field set.
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Peer schools below also report a positive program-share signal and are sorted by value grade.
College of San Mateo San Mateo, CA · 0.8% reported share · $536 net A+ St Petersburg College St. Petersburg, FL · 0.9% reported share · $1,471 net A+ Trident Technical College Charleston, SC · 0.7% reported share · $1,406 net A+ Durham Technical Community College Durham, NC · 2.8% reported share · $1,664 net A+ 
Middlesex College Edison, NJ · 1.8% reported share · $2,288 net A+ Middlesex Community College Bedford, MA · 4.5% reported share · $2,624 net A+ Taft College Taft, CA · 2.6% reported share · $2,823 net A+ 
Shasta College Redding, CA · 0.7% reported share · $2,878 net A+ Questions about this program
How big is the program signal?
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions accounts for 1% of reported programs at Catawba Valley Community College, which is bigger than 28% of schools in this field set and below the national average concentration. The enrollment proxy is about 26 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
How should I read the cost number?
Catawba Valley Community College's average net price is $10,528 per year, about $42,112 over four years. That is $1,463 below the $11,991 peer average, before your own aid package changes the final bill.
Are the earnings major-specific?
No. The $36,977 median earnings figure is school-wide ten years after entry. It is $7,567 below the $44,544 average among schools reporting this field, so treat it as an outcomes proxy rather than a department guarantee.
What should I compare next?
Start with program share, net price after aid, graduation rate, location, and whether the department publishes placement or licensure outcomes. EduGradify ranks Catawba Valley Community College #206 of 301 schools in this field set by school-wide ROI proxy.