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' Salary. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median income for dental assistants is $35,980 per year for a regular full-time schedule of 40 hours per week, as of 2015. (About one-third of dental assistants work part-time.) The top ten percent of all dental assistants earn up to $50,660.