Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

If you are interested in studying dental hygiene/hygienist, you may want to check out the program at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UNC Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and has a total student population of 30,092. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 35 students received a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene from UNC Chapel Hill.

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.

UNC Chapel Hill Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

• Undergrad Certificate in Dental Hygiene (1 - 4 Years)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

UNC Chapel Hill Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the dental hygiene progam at UNC Chapel Hill 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 UNC Chapel Hill 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	21
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	80
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	275

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at UNC Chapel Hill

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental hygiene majors at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

UNC Chapel Hill Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

Of the 35 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in dental hygiene from UNC Chapel Hill in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene at UNC Chapel Hill are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	19
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UNC Chapel Hill 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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Health Specialties Professors	10,090	$134,300
Dental Hygienists	6,670	$69,500

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 Marchmain05 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.