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Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

What traits are you looking for in a dental hygiene school? To help you decide if Southern Illinois University Carbondale is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's dental hygiene program.

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and approximately 11,366 students attend the school each year. Of the 215 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2021, 35 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.

SIUC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

SIUC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks dental hygiene programs across the country. The following shows how SIUC 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 SIUC 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
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools 30
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools 52
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Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools 86
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools 153

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at SIUC

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

SIUC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

97% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 35 dental hygiene majors earned their bachelor's degree from SIUC. Of these graduates, 3% were men and 97% were women.

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About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene at SIUC are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 24
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

SIUC also has a doctoral program available in dental hygiene. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Health Specialties Professors 10,070 $105,140
Dental Hygienists 9,450 $72,640

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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