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Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at University of Wyoming

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

UW is located in Laramie, Wyoming and has a total student population of 11,829. Of the 192 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Wyoming in 2021, 19 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.

UW Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

UW Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the dental hygiene progam at UW 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 UW 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 Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools 19
24
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools 26
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools 50
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools 62
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools 63
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Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools 170
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools 186
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools 238

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at UW

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

UW Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 19 dental hygiene students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UW, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

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About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene at UW 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 Wyoming with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 17
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

UW 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 WY, the home state for University of Wyoming.

Occupation Jobs in WY Average Salary in WY
Dental Hygienists 440 $69,620
Health Specialties Professors 170 $80,610

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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