by our College Data Analytics TeamDental Hygiene/Hygienist is a concentration offered under the dental support services major at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in dental hygiene, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at UTHealth paid an average of $782 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $197 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $8,274 | $32,844 |
| Fees | $3,651 | $3,651 |
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Online degrees for the UTHealth dental hygiene bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UTHealth Online Learning page.
All of the students who received their Bachelor’s in dental hygiene in 2019-2020 were women.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 57.5% of the dental hygiene bachelor’s degrees at UTHealth in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 27%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 9 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 11 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 14 |
| International Students | 2 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
*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.
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