Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at University of Louisville

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

UofL is located in Louisville, Kentucky and approximately 22,211 students attend the school each year. Of the 371 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Louisville in 2021, 30 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.

UofL Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

UofL Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the dental hygiene progam at UofL 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 UofL 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	57
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools	64
	66
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	247

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at UofL

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

UofL Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

The dental hygiene program at UofL awarded 30 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 7% of these degrees went to men with the other 93% going to women. The typical dental hygiene bachelor's degree program is made up of only 5% men. So male students are more repesented at UofL since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene at UofL 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 University of Louisville with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	20
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UofL 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 KY, the home state for University of Louisville.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Dental Hygienists	2,150	$59,910
Health Specialties Professors	2,070	$64,560

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 Ken Lund under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.