Undergraduate certificate · Kentwood, Michigan

Is Dental Support Services and Allied Professions at Ross Medical Education Center-Kentwood worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 16 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $33,340; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $37,392; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $8,996; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $27k (likely $23k – $33k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $961 a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MI; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 16 years (likely 9.7–20+); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$65k (likely −$95k – −$38k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: −$28k (likely −$92k – $42k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 61%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26