Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

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

MCPHS University is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 7,501. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 73 students received a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene from MCPHS University.

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.

MCPHS University Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at MCPHS University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, MCPHS University does offer online courses in dental hygiene for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

MCPHS University Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the dental hygiene progam at MCPHS University 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 MCPHS University 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
	1
Most Popular Online Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Graduate Certificate Schools	1
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Master’s Degree Schools	2
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Master’s Degree Schools	3
	16
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools	24
	49
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	232

In 2021, 20 students received their master’s degree in dental hygiene from MCPHS University. This makes it the #2 most popular school for dental hygiene master’s degree candidates in the country.

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at MCPHS University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental hygiene majors at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

MCPHS University Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 73 students earned a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene from MCPHS University. About 89% of these graduates were women and the other 11% were men. The typical dental hygiene bachelor's degree program is made up of only 5% men. So male students are more repesented at MCPHS University since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its dental hygiene bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	30
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

MCPHS University Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Master’s Program

Of the 20 dental hygiene students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from MCPHS University, about 5% were men and 95% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences with a master's in dental hygiene.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

MCPHS University 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 MA, the home state for Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Dental Hygienists	5,900	$82,750
Health Specialties Professors	3,460	$111,230

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.