Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Clark College

If you plan to study dental hygiene/hygienist, take a look at what Clark College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Clark College is located in Vancouver, Washington and approximately 7,665 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 47 students received a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene from Clark College.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Dental Hygiene/Hygienist section at the bottom of this page.

Clark College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

Clark College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the dental hygiene progam at Clark College compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The dental hygiene major at Clark College is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Dental Hygiene/Hygienist. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools	19
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21
	25
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools	44
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	48
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	86
	89
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	112
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	124

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at Clark College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental hygiene majors at Clark College.

Clark College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

The dental hygiene program at Clark College awarded 47 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 11% of these degrees went to men with the other 89% going to women. The typical dental hygiene bachelor's degree program is made up of only 5% men. So male students are more repesented at Clark College since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene at Clark College are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Clark College with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	31
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Clark College also has a doctoral program available in dental hygiene. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Dental Hygiene Grads May Go Into

A degree in dental hygiene can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WA, the home state for Clark College.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Dental Hygienists	6,010	$90,690
Health Specialties Professors	3,470	$155,090

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.