Thinking I'm going to start school to become a dental assistant, I am currently working at a bank, but I want a more…

Thinking I'm going to start school to become a dental assistant, I am currently working at a bank, but I want a more secure job that pays better since I have my little one an hopefully could move soon, any of you that are in dental assisting? If so do you like it? What did you have to go through to get a degree?