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

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.