
Dental Assisting Admission Process
Admission Requirements
High School Completion
Certify you are a high school graduate or have a high school equivalency diploma.
All documents must be submitted to the Eastern Iowa Community Colleges Admission
office.
Placement Assessment.
All students must complete a reading placement assessment prior to being accepted.
Requirements may be satisfied be college or high school coursework, or completing
one of the following placement test: ACT, SAT, ACCUPLACER, HiSET. Students should
submit their high school or official college transcript as assessment results to the
Admissions Office for consideration of an assessment waiver. The placement assessments
must have occurred within three years of your application date. Dental Assisting
applicants must meet one of the following minimum requirements for reading placement:
High School Transcripts
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- High School Cumulative GPA 2.75
- or Higher and Completion of Junior Level English
ACCUPLACER
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- Writing Score: 6+
- OR Reading Score: 70+
SAT Scores
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- Writing Score: 480 +
- Or Reading Score: 520 +
- Or Essay Score: 15 +
ACT Scores
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- English Score: 18+
- Or Reading Score: 21
HiSET
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- Writing Score: 15 +
- Or Writing and Reading Score: 30 +
- Or Writing, Reading, Social Studies and Science Score: 60 +
- Or Overall Score: 75+
- Or Essay Score: 4+
Admission Application for Dental Assisting
All student must complete an application specific to the Dental Assisting Program
provided in the admission packet and submit it to the Dental Assisting Program Director.
Barb Nichol, Director
Dental Assisting Program
bnichol@eicc.edu
563-441-4259
Pre-Admission Session
All students must attend a pre-admission session in which an overview of the program
requirements, course sequence, application for licensure/registration, the Iowa Dental
Board criminal history policy, and overview of the Iowa Core Performance Standards.
Admission Status
Students will be admitted to the Dental Assisting program in the order in which all
admission criteria are completed. The following statuses will assigned:
Regret
Regret students have submitted an application to the Dental Assisting program but
have not completed one or more of the admission requirements outlined above. Students
with a regret status are not ranked on the waitlist and will need to re-submit and
a Dental Assisting application once admission requirements have been completed.
Waitlist
Waitlist students have all the admission requirements completed and are waiting for
acceptance into the Dental Assisting program. A waiting list is necessary due to
limited capacity for program enrollment. Students are ranked on the waiting list based
on the date they complete all admission requirements.
Accepted
The Dental Assisting program begins in the fall and spring semesters. Students at
the top of the waiting list are offered acceptance into the program and are required
to respond by the stated deadline to avoid cancellation of their application. Students
who refuse an acceptance offer will be asked to reapply.
Program Requirements
The following requirements must be satisfied prior to the second week of the first
semester of the Dental Assisting program. A student who does not satisfy the program
requirements will not be allowed to complete laboratory and clinical components and
may be required to withdrawal from the program.
Trainings
- Complete the American Heart Association Health Care Provider (BLS) CPR or American
Red Cross CPR for the Healthcare Provider certification.
Student Health and Background Screening
- Health Physical and Immunization
- Hepatitis B or declination
- QuantiFERON gold testing annually for TB
- TDPA/MMR
- Varicella
- Seasonal Influenza annually
- Certified Criminal, dependent adult and child abuse background screening
- Annual proof of health insurance coverage
Questions? Call toll-free 1-888-336-3907, email eiccinfo@eicc.edu or contact the college nearest you and ask to speak to an advisor.
- Clinton Community College, 563-244-7000
- Muscatine Community College, 563-288-6000
- Scott Community College, 563-441-4000
It is the policy of Eastern Iowa Community College District not to discriminate in
its programs, activities, or employment on the basis of race, color, national origin,
sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, creed, religion, and actual
or potential family, parental or marital status, as required by the Iowa Code §§216.6
and 216.9, Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. §§ 2000d and
2000e), the Equal Pay Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. § 206, et seq.), Title IX (Educational
Amendments, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1681-1688), Section 504 (Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C.
§ 794), and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. § 12101, et
seq.). If you have questions or complaints related to compliance with this policy,
please contact Debora J. Sullivan, Equal Employment Opportunity Officer/Equity Coordinator,
Eastern Iowa Community College District, 101 West Third Street, Davenport, Iowa 52801,
563-336-3487, djsullivan@eicc.edu or the Director of the Office for Civil Rights,
U.S. Department of Education, Citigroup Center, 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1475,
Chicago, Illinois 60661-7204, phone number 312-730-1560, fax 312-730-1576, OCR.Chicago@ed.gov.