Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at University of New England

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

UNE is located in Biddeford, Maine and has a total student population of 7,208. In 2021, 53 dental hygiene majors received their bachelor's degree from UNE.

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.

UNE Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

UNE Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks dental hygiene programs across the country. The following shows how UNE performed in these rankings.

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 UNE 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	16
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	35
	61
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	64
	250

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at UNE

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

UNE Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 53 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene from UNE. About 8% were men and 92% were women. The typical dental hygiene bachelor's degree program is made up of only 5% men. So male students are more repesented at UNE since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene at UNE 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 New England with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	49
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UNE 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 ME, the home state for University of New England.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Dental Hygienists	1,040	$65,500

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 Dcrjsr under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.