It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Southern New Hampshire University's ranking in the 2016 edition of Best Colleges is Regional Universities (North), 131. Its tuition and fees are $30,766 (2015-16).
Dental Assistants make an average of $36,660 annually in California, with the top end of the spectrum around $45,000, and the lower end around $26,800. Whether your at the top end of the spectrum or the lower depends on the list above.
Dental assistants averaged $35,080 a year as of May 2012, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Annual pay ranged from less than $23,550 to over $47,580. Assistants process patient paperwork, schedule dental appointments and prepare patients for dental treatments.