Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Eastern Washington University

If you are interested in studying dental hygiene/hygienist, you may want to check out the program at Eastern Washington University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

EWU is located in Cheney, Washington and approximately 12,349 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 40 students received a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene from EWU.

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.

EWU Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene
• Master’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

EWU Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks dental hygiene programs across the country. The following shows how EWU performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The dental hygiene major at EWU 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 Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Master’s Degree Schools	3
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Master’s Degree Schools	4
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Master’s Degree Schools	5
	19
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools	26
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools	27
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	42
	60
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	154

In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in dental hygiene from EWU. This makes it the #4 most popular school for dental hygiene master’s degree candidates in the country.

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at EWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental hygiene majors at Eastern Washington University.

EWU Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

The dental hygiene program at EWU awarded 40 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 3% of these degrees went to men with the other 98% going to women.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene at EWU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	26
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

EWU Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Master’s Program

Of the 10 students who graduated with a master’s in dental hygiene from EWU in 2021, 10% were men and 90% were women.

Of the students who received a dental hygiene master's degree from EWU, 80% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Eastern Washington University with a master's in dental hygiene.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

EWU 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 Eastern Washington University.

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
• Image Credit: By Ian Poellet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.