About
The Westchester School for Medical and Dental Assistants is a vocational institution located in Ardsley, NY, focusing on training in medical and dental assisting, as well as other allied health fields. It offers programs such as dental assistant training, medical assistant training, and certification programs in EKG and phlebotomy.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 2 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 2 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data2 · 100.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training
Action history · 2
- Dec 2021Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training
- Apr 2019Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 87 students received $419K in Pell grants, alongside $192K in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 73 borrowers who entered repayment, 2 (2.7%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at WSMDA
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
WSMDA vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions WSMDA selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectWestchester School for Medical & Dental Assistants | 100% | — | 67 | $16,352 | — |
American Institute of Massage Therapy | — | — | 19 | $14,762 | — |
CALC Institute of Technology | — | — | 83 | — | — |
Concorde Career College-Broadway | — | 100.0% | 26 | $24,417 | — |
Cortiva Institute-Arlington | — | — | 155 | $33,971 | — |
CTK Healthcare & Career Institute | — | — | 114 | $4,779 | — |
Healing Arts Center | — | — | 113 | — | — |
Healthcare Training Institute | — | 41.7% | 48 | $5,699 | — |
Institute of Allied Healthcare | — | — | 60 | $5,403 | — |
Marian Health Careers Center-Van Nuys Campus | — | — | 90 | $32,543 | — |
Medical Allied Career Center | — | — | 48 | $29,617 | — |
Medical Career & Technical College | — | 95.7% | 235 | $22,218 | — |
North-West College-Glendale | — | 100.0% | 71 | $34,899 | — |
Northern Virginia School of Therapeutic Massage | — | — | 101 | — | — |
Ross Medical Education Center-Battle Creek | — | — | 50 | $22,416 | — |
Ross Medical Education Center-Bowling Green | — | — | 57 | $21,401 | — |
Ross Medical Education Center-Charleston | — | — | 65 | $21,927 | — |
Ross Medical Education Center-Elyria | — | — | 74 | $20,586 | — |
Ross Medical Education Center-Erlanger | — | — | 77 | $22,211 | — |
Ross Medical Education Center-Evansville | — | — | 91 | $20,553 | — |
Ross Medical Education Center-Kokomo | — | — | 75 | $22,946 | — |
Ross Medical Education Center-Muncie | — | — | 63 | $21,127 | — |
Ross Medical Education Center-Niles | — | — | 99 | $20,805 | — |
Ross Medical Education Center-Saginaw | — | — | 84 | $20,796 | — |
Ross Medical Education Center-Taylor | — | — | 75 | $20,273 | — |
San Francisco School of Massage & Bodywork | — | — | 139 | $22,464 | — |
San Joaquin Valley College-Delano | — | — | 69 | $20,843 | — |
Southwest School of Business and Technical Careers-San Antonio | — | — | 21 | $22,508 | — |
St Louis College of Health Careers-St Louis | — | — | 153 | $26,422 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Unitech Training Academy-Baton Rouge | — | — | 72 | $22,687 | — |
Unitech Training Academy-Houma | — | — | 47 | $21,938 | — |
Williams Technical College | — | — | 28 | $15,577 | — |
Woodruff Medical and Wellness Training | — | — | 60 | $19,813 | — |
| Peer group median | 100% | 97.9% | 72 | $21,664 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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