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Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Johnson County Community College

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Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Johnson County Community College

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

JCCC is located in Overland Park, Kansas and approximately 13,891 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.

JCCC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

JCCC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

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Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at JCCC

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

JCCC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Associate’s Program

95% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 5% of dental hygiene associate's degrees went to men and 95% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in dental hygiene at JCCC are white. Around 76% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 16
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 KS, the home state for Johnson County Community College.

Occupation Jobs in KS Average Salary in KS
Dental Hygienists 2,280 $64,980
Health Specialties Professors 380 $84,400

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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