Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center

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

UOHSC is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and has a total student population of 3,116. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 44 students received a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene from UOHSC.

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.

UOHSC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

UOHSC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks dental hygiene programs across the country. The following shows how UOHSC 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 UOHSC 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 Schools	6
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	55
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	56

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at UOHSC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental hygiene majors at University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center.

UOHSC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

Of the 44 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in dental hygiene from UOHSC in 2021, 2% were men and 98% were women.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene at UOHSC are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	26
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

UOHSC 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 OK, the home state for University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
Dental Hygienists	2,310	$73,990
Health Specialties Professors	1,080	$72,300

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Nightryder84 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.