Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at New York City College of Technology

Every dental hygiene/hygienist school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the dental hygiene program at New York City College of Technology stacks up to those at other schools.

City Tech is located in Brooklyn, New York and approximately 15,513 students attend the school each year.

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.

City Tech Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

City Tech Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

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Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at City Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental hygiene majors at New York City College of Technology.

City Tech Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 12% of dental hygiene associate's degrees went to men and 88% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in dental hygiene only graduates about 5% men each year. The program at City Tech may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 7% more women than average.

City Tech does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in dental hygiene graduates 27% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New York City College of Technology with a associate's in dental hygiene.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	20
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Dental Laboratory Technology/Technician

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 NY, the home state for New York City College of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Dental Hygienists	11,300	$76,280

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
• Image Credit: By Tomwsulcer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.