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Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Wytheville Community College

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

WCC is located in Wytheville, Virginia and has a total student population of 2,244.

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.

WCC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

WCC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

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Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at WCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental hygiene majors at Wytheville Community College.

WCC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Associate’s Program

88% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 12% of dental hygiene associate's degrees went to men and 88% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in dental hygiene only graduates about 5% men each year. The program at WCC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 7% more women than average.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in dental hygiene at WCC are white. Around 82% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Wytheville Community College with a associate's in dental hygiene.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 14
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 Wytheville Community College.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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