Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Pacific University

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

Pacific is located in Forest Grove, Oregon and approximately 3,808 students attend the school each year. Of the 77 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Pacific University in 2021, 31 of them were dental hygiene/hygienist majors.

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.

Pacific Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

Pacific Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The dental hygiene major at Pacific 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools	22
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools	36
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools	67
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	89
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	104
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	258

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at Pacific

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

Pacific Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 31 students earned a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene from Pacific. About 87% of these graduates were women and the other 13% were men. The typical dental hygiene bachelor's degree program is made up of only 5% men. So male students are more repesented at Pacific since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Pacific 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 OR, the home state for Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Health Specialties Professors	3,660	$145,380
Dental Hygienists	3,630	$85,280

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 M.O. Stevens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.