RCC Dental Programs

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All students seeking admission to RCC Dental programs must first apply and be accepted as a student at Rogue Community College. Your RCC student email and ID# will be used to apply to any nursing program.

All official communications from the RCC Dental Programs — including notices and deadlines — will be sent exclusively to your RCC Student Email address. You are responsible for checking this email regularly and using your RCC ID number for all correspondence with the program.

All students must complete a simple Placement Process.

Your Academic and Career Coach and Financial Aid Advisors are assigned by Guided Pathway.

Dental students are in the Health Professions and Public Safety Pathway. Please make appointments and work with your advisors to help choose the best schedule toward your completion needs and goals.

Student seeking financial assistance or aid to pay for courses, books and supplies can contact their Financial Aid Advisor.

Please note: RCC Academic and Career Coaches may answer questions about the application but the responsibility for understanding and completing the application is on the student.

RCC offers Financial Aid support as well as Scholarship resources. To gain a better understanding of the costs to attend RCC as a Dental student, below are estimated Assistant and Associate Degree Dental Hygiene program costs:

• Dental Assistant Program Costs and Expenses
• Dental Hygiene Program Costs and Expenses

Students seeking financial assistance or aid to pay for courses, books and supplies should contact their Financial Aid Advisor.

All students with previous college outside of RCC must submit OFFICIAL Transcripts.

All transcripts from previously attended colleges must be received by March 31 at 11:59 p.m. (Pacific Time) Information for electronic transmittal of transcripts can be found at the RCC Transfer Transcripts page.

If you have a sealed copy of an official transcript, you may mail it to:
Rogue Community College
Attn: Registrar, 3345 Redwood Hwy, Grants Pass, OR 97527.
The envelope must be postmarked by 5:00 p.m. on the application deadline.

Courses taken at Rogue Community College do NOT need to be submitted for transfer evaluation.

General education courses must be completed at a regionally accredited college or university for transfer to RCC.

Applicants who have previously submitted official transcripts do NOT need to resubmit, unless the transcript contains NEW courses to be evaluated.

Before applying, all students must complete at least 9-28 credits of prerequisite course work (depending on the program) to include:

DA requirements:

Dental Assistant prerequisite credits include:

• AH 100 - Medical Terminology - Introduction 3 Credit(s) 
• BA 120 - Human Relations in Organizations 3 Credit(s) or PSY 101; required for graduation 
• HE 252 - First Aid - CPR 3Credit(s) or HE 112 and HE 261 (can be taken outside of cohort; cannot be fulfilled by taking a course outside of RCC)
• MTH 102CT - Math for CTE Professionals 4 Credit(s) or MTH 60 or higher-level math; required for graduation
• WR 115 - Introduction to Expository Writing 3 Credit(s) or WR 117, or higher-level writing course
• WR 115Q - Corequisite Support for WR115 1 Credit(s) as required based on placement

See Program Map for additional information.

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DH requirements: The following are 28 of the 44 required prerequisites. Completion of the 28 prerequisites is required for application, and the remaining are required prior to the start of the program. If accepted, all 44 required credits must be completed before matriculation with a maintained 2.5 GPA.

Dental Hygiene prerequisite credits include:

• BI 231 - Anatomy and Physiology I 3 Credit(s)*
• BI 231L - Anatomy and Physiology I Lab 1 Credit(s)
• BI 232 - Anatomy and Physiology II 3 Credit(s)
• BI 232L - Anatomy and Physiology II Lab 1 Credit(s)
• BI 233 - Anatomy and Physiology III 3 Credit(s)
• BI 233L - Anatomy and Physiology III Lab 1 Credit(s)
• BI 234 - Microbiology 3 Credit(s)
• BI 234L - Microbiology Lab 1 Credit(s)
• CHEM 104 - Introductory Chemistry 4 Credit(s)
• CHEM 104L - Introductory Chemistry Lab 1 Credit(s)
• COMM 111Z - Public Speaking 4 Credit(s) (or COMM 115 or COMM 218Z)
• MTH 65 - Fundamentals of Algebra II 4 Credit(s) or higher-level math course*
• WR 121Z - Composition I 4 Credit(s)
• NFM 225 - Nutrition 4 Credit(s)
• PSY 101Z - Psychology of Human Relations 4 Credit(s)

*Must be included in prerequisite coursework to apply.
See Program Map for additional information.

Grades must be “C-” or better. The +/-designation on letter grades completed summer 2026 and after are calculated in the prerequisite GPA .The remaining prerequisite courses must be completed by the summer term before matriculation into the fall term programs.

Credits taken pass/no pass (if accepted by the college as meeting requirements) may be considered only if the “pass” was equivalent to a “C-” or better.

The following GPAs are required to be eligible to apply:

• Fall 2026 DA applicants – 2.5 GPA
• Fall 2026 DH applicants – 2.5 GPA
  

Notes about your academic history:

• Applicants must be in good academic standing at RCC (not on academic suspension the term before application).
• Applications will not be processed for students with financial holds at RCC. Applications will be held until the financial hold is cleared, and if not cleared by the March 31 deadline will result in a disqualification.
• Transfer applicants who have received a grade of "F" or "W" in any dental clinical course, who were dismissed from another dental program prior to receiving a grade or who were involved in any disciplinary or performance-related process related to patient safety will not be considered for admission to the program.

Students have the opportunity to earn application selection points based on Healthcare Work Experience. During the application process, you will be asked to share supervisor contact information so that we can request a referral upon application submission.

While we understand that many applicants want to wait to submit their work experience until close to the deadline to ensure maximization of points earned, it is extremely important that you complete your application and work experience verification request in time for your supervisor to respond to the request prior to the March 31 deadline.

It is your responsibility to follow up with your supervisor to ensure the form is completed on time (you will be emailed a confirmation to your RCC Student Email once they have submitted the form to RCC). Lack of submission of work verification will result in 0 points being awarded.

If requesting Military or Veteran application points, you will need to submit a copy of your certified DD214-Service 2 Form or NGB 22 Form.

Please make sure you have copies of your Military documents to attach to your Dental application.

Applicants currently on active duty in one of the armed services must submit appropriate documents showing active military duty and good standing.

Support for military students can also be found by visiting the Military Services Department at RCC.

The Rogue Community College Dental Program has the responsibility to society to educate competent health care providers to care for their patients/clients with clinical judgment, broadly based knowledge, and competent technical skills at the entry level.

The program has academic and technical standards (non-academic criteria) students must meet to progress in and graduate from the program successfully.

Progression in the program is dependent on the demonstration of the technical standards with or without reasonable accommodations. If you would like to discuss potential accommodations to meet any of the listed technical and functional standards, please make an appointment early with Access and Disability Services.

Click the link to read the full Technical Standard Requirements before applying to any RCC Dental Programs.

Computer and Internet Basics

Basic computer and internet access for students is essential. RCC offers student computer labs on all 3 campuses. Students admitted to RCC are assigned a personal RCC email address. Students with an RCC email address are given free access to Microsoft Office 365 applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) that they can use on line or download to their personal computers.

Internet and email access are integral parts of all dental courses as all courses hae an online component to them and possession or access to a laptop computer and printer (located in the RCC libraries and computer labs on each campus) for classroom use will be required daily. Phones and tablets do not provide full functionality. Assignments, quizzes and communication typically utilize the various tools of Rogue Online (Blackboard), the college’s learning management system.