Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Virginia Commonwealth University

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

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and approximately 29,070 students attend the school each year. Of the 307 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2021, 16 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.

VCU Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

VCU Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

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

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 VCU 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	30
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	56
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools	62
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools	84
	100
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	225
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	252
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	292

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at VCU

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

VCU Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

Of the 16 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Dental Hygiene/Hygienist from VCU in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 Virginia Commonwealth University with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

VCU 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 VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Dental Hygienists	5,990	$79,640

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 user:mentes under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.