Dental Hygiene Hygienist

A program that prepares individuals to clean teeth and apply preventive materials, provide oral health education and treatment counseling to patients, identify oral pathologies and injuries, and manage dental hygiene practices. Includes instruction in dental anatomy, microbiology, and pathology; dental hygiene theory and techniques; cleaning equipment operation and maintenance; dental materials; radiology; patient education and counseling; office management; supervised clinical training; and professional standards.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 333 institutions across the United States, with a total of 25482 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

384

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

5,512

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

2,388

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

17,097

awards given

Top Schools for Dental Hygiene Hygienist

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Cypress College Cypress, CA	593
2	Sinclair Community College Dayton, OH	321
3	Bluegrass Community and Technical College Lexington, KY	314
4	South College Knoxville, TN	249
5	MCPHS University Boston, MA	246
6	Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA	237
7	Plaza College Forest Hills, NY	231
8	West Liberty University West Liberty, WV	216
9	University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT	213
10	West Coast University-Orange County Anaheim, CA	210
11	Stark State College North Canton, OH	209
12	Concorde Career College-Kansas City Kansas City, MO	207
13	New York University New York, NY	207
14	Oregon Institute of Technology Klamath Falls, OR	192
15	Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MN	183
16	Carrington College-Sacramento Sacramento, CA	177
17	Weber State University Ogden, UT	177
18	University of New Haven West Haven, CT	177
19	Careers Unlimited Orem, UT	177
20	Pennsylvania College of Technology Williamsport, PA	171
21	Wichita State University Wichita, KS	168
22	West Los Angeles College Culver City, CA	168
23	San Joaquin Valley College-Ontario Ontario, CA	165
24	Foothill College Los Altos Hills, CA	162
25	Ferris State University Big Rapids, MI	159
26	Texas Woman's University Denton, TX	153
27	Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA	150
28	Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte, NC	150
29	Tyler Junior College Tyler, TX	147
30	Miami Dade College Miami, FL	144
31	Carrington College-Boise Boise, ID	144
32	Pueblo Community College Pueblo, CO	138
33	University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City, OK	138
34	San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia Visalia, CA	138
35	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	135
36	University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM	135
37	Regis College Weston, MA	132
38	Farmingdale State College Farmingdale, NY	129
39	Valencia College Orlando, FL	126
40	Fortis College-Smyrna Smyrna, GA	123
41	Remington College-Nashville Campus Nashville, TN	114
42	Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ	114
43	Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY	114
44	Bergen Community College Paramus, NJ	114
45	Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN	114
46	University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO	111
47	Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans New Orleans, LA	111
48	CUNY New York City College of Technology Brooklyn, NY	108
49	Herzing University-Minneapolis St. Louis Park, MN	105
50	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	105
51	University of New England Biddeford, ME	105
52	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR	105
53	Madison Area Technical College Madison, WI	105
54	Prairie State College Chicago Heights, IL	105
55	The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, TN	105
56	CUNY Hostos Community College Bronx, NY	105
57	Milwaukee Area Technical College Milwaukee, WI	105
58	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	102
59	Big Sandy Community and Technical College Prestonsburg, KY	102
60	Hagerstown Community College Hagerstown, MD	102
61	Pima Medical Institute-Seattle Seattle, WA	102
62	Dallas College Dallas, TX	102
63	Pima Medical Institute-Houston Houston, TX	102
64	East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN	102
65	Southwestern College Chula Vista, CA	99
66	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston, TX	99
67	Vermont State University Randolph, VT	96
68	Community College of Denver Denver, CO	96
69	University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD	96
70	Georgia Highlands College Rome, GA	96
71	Virginia Western Community College Roanoke, VA	93
72	Concorde Career College-Grand Prairie Grand Prairie, TX	93
73	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL	93
74	Texas State Technical College Waco, TX	93
75	Clayton State University Morrow, GA	93
76	Amarillo College Amarillo, TX	90
77	Concorde Career Institute-Orlando Orlando, FL	90
78	Concorde Career College-San Antonio San Antonio, TX	90
79	University of Detroit Mercy Detroit, MI	90
80	Grand Rapids Community College Grand Rapids, MI	90
81	Fortis College-Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, UT	90
82	Lake Washington Institute of Technology Kirkland, WA	90
83	Pacific University Forest Grove, OR	90
84	Parkland College Champaign, IL	90
85	Lewis and Clark Community College Godfrey, IL	90
86	Concorde Career College-Memphis Memphis, TN	90
87	Fortis College-Landover Landover, MD	90
88	Carrington College-San Jose San Jose, CA	87
89	Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis, IN	87
90	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	87
91	University of Louisiana at Monroe Monroe, LA	87
92	All-State Career School Essington, PA	87
93	Pima Community College Tucson, AZ	87
94	University of Louisville Louisville, KY	87
95	Carrington College-Mesa Mesa, AZ	87
96	Tallahassee Community College Tallahassee, FL	84
97	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	84
98	SUNY Broome Community College Binghamton, NY	84
99	Indiana University-Northwest Gary, IN	84
100	Community College of Baltimore County Baltimore, MD	84