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Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

What traits are you looking for in a dental hygiene school? To help you decide if The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's dental hygiene program.

UTHealth is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 5,608. Of the 467 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in 2021, 41 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.

UTHealth Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

UTHealth Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

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

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 UTHealth 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 3
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Undergraduate Certificate Schools 6
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Undergraduate Certificate Schools 6
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Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools 24
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools 24
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools 94
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools 220

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at UTHealth

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental hygiene majors at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

UTHealth Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

98% Women
73% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 41 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Dental Hygiene/Hygienist from UTHealth in 2020-2021, 2% were men and 98% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% 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 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 10
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 16
White 9
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

UTHealth 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Health Specialties Professors 13,930 $139,540
Dental Hygienists 13,850 $75,300

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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