Most Popular Schools for Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Major & Degree Program

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.

Rank	School Name	Students	% of Total	Total On-Campus Cost
1	University of Bridgeport	99	6%	$55,583
2	University of Southern California	87	1%	$74,825
3	MCPHS University	81	5%	$55,120
4	New York University	77	1%	$73,566
5	West Coast University-Orange County	74	9%	$36,223
6	Sinclair Community College	73	1%	$3,830
7	St Petersburg College	71	1%	$4,282
8	West Liberty University	66	11%	$23,302
9	CUNY New York City College of Technology	66	2%	$8,484
10	Eastern Washington University	64	2%	$23,011
11	San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia	64	2%	$16,606
12	Oregon Institute of Technology	58	8%	$24,252
13	Ferris State University	58	1%	$23,194
14	Northern Arizona University	58	1%	$27,266
15	Careers Unlimited	57	100%	N/A
16	University of New Haven	56	3%	$58,306
17	Carrington College-Sacramento	56	6%	N/A
18	Pennsylvania College of Technology	55	4%	$33,152
19	Texas Woman's University	54	1%	$20,272
20	Minnesota State University-Mankato	53	2%	$20,482
21	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	53	1%	$33,503
22	Wichita State University	50	2%	$24,042
23	Stark State College	49	3%	$5,170
24	Concorde Career College-San Diego	48	12%	N/A
25	Concorde Career College-Kansas City	48	15%	N/A
26	Community College of Denver	47	3%	$6,550
27	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	47	0%	$30,298
28	Fox College	47	19%	$17,090
29	Concorde Career College-San Bernardino	47	11%	N/A
30	Old Dominion University	46	1%	$26,456
31	Carrington College-Boise	46	17%	N/A
32	University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center	46	6%	N/A
33	Erie Community College	45	2%	$21,186
34	Farmingdale State College	45	2%	$24,744
35	Ohio State University-Main Campus	44	0%	$27,367
36	Weber State University	43	1%	$20,511
37	Miami Dade College	42	0%	$4,338
38	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	42	0%	$32,443
39	Loma Linda University	41	4%	N/A
40	Tyler Junior College	41	2%	$16,764
41	Bergen Community College	40	2%	$5,900
42	Missouri Southern State University	39	3%	$17,666
43	University of Missouri-Kansas City	38	1%	$24,116
44	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	38	3%	N/A
45	Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans	37	7%	N/A
46	University of South Dakota	37	2%	$22,856
47	Argosy University-Twin Cities	37	10%	$15,204
48	Augusta University	37	2%	$21,254
49	Madison Area Technical College	36	1%	$6,367
50	Grand Rapids Community College	36	2%	$4,743
51	Community College of Baltimore County	36	1%	$5,706
52	Idaho State University	35	1%	$21,548
53	Parkland College	35	2%	$6,120
54	Hudson Valley Community College	35	2%	$7,312
55	CUNY Hostos Community College	34	3%	$6,572
56	University of New Mexico-Main Campus	34	1%	$22,639
57	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	34	0%	$23,811
58	The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	34	4%	N/A
59	Virginia Western Community College	33	3%	$6,855
60	SUNY Broome Community College	33	3%	$20,599
61	Tennessee State University	32	2%	$22,998
62	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale	32	1%	$29,367
63	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	32	5%	N/A
64	Pacific University	32	4%	$59,490
65	University of Louisiana at Monroe	32	2%	$21,762
66	University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash College	32	4%	$7,210
67	Eastern International College-Jersey City	32	49%	$22,425
68	Remington College-Nashville Campus	32	25%	$14,906
69	Northern Virginia Community College	31	0%	$7,410
70	Purdue University Fort Wayne	31	2%	$22,200
71	Western Kentucky University	31	1%	$21,840
72	Baker College	31	1%	$21,000
73	Clayton State University	31	2%	$20,012
74	Ivy Tech Community College	31	0%	$5,788
75	Central Georgia Technical College	31	1%	$4,378
76	The University of Tennessee Health Science Center	31	8%	N/A
77	Texas A & M University-College Station	30	0%	$29,506
78	University of Detroit Mercy	30	2%	$41,226
79	Georgia State University-Perimeter College	30	2%	$5,304
80	Lincoln College of New England-Southington	30	22%	$37,510
81	Northcentral Technical College	30	1%	$16,142
82	Milwaukee Area Technical College	30	1%	$7,039
83	Southwestern College	30	1%	$3,255
84	Fortis College-Phoenix	30	34%	N/A
85	East Tennessee State University	29	1%	$24,068
86	University of Louisville	29	1%	$27,980
87	Prairie State College	29	3%	$6,676
88	Lake Washington Institute of Technology	29	2%	$5,259
89	Big Sandy Community and Technical College	29	2%	$5,248
90	Middlesex County College	29	2%	$4,926
91	West Los Angeles College	29	2%	$3,137
92	Saint Louis Community College	29	1%	$4,315
93	Amarillo College	28	1%	$3,826
94	Yakima Valley College	28	2%	$17,343
95	Community College of Philadelphia	28	1%	$6,542
96	Fresno City College	28	1%	$3,204
97	Pensacola State College	28	1%	$3,804
98	Guilford Technical Community College	27	1%	$3,709
99	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	27	0%	$27,898
100	SUNY College of Technology at Canton	27	3%	$24,513

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Dental Hygiene/Hygienist program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.