Undergraduate certificate · Ardsley, New York

Is Dental Support Services and Allied Professions at Westchester School for Medical & Dental Assistants worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 17.1 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $32,068; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $37,896; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $3,666; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $16k (likely $16k – $16k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: −$25 a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NY; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 17.1 years (likely 7.0–20+); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$59k (likely −$98k – −$16k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: −$30k (likely −$123k – $74k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 100%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26