Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Bachelor’s in Dental Hygiene/Hygienist

37 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded

Dental Hygiene/Hygienist is a concentration offered under the dental support services major at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans. 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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Undergraduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
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How Much Does a Bachelor’s in Dental Hygiene from LSU Health - New Orleans Cost?

$10,376 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)

LSU Health - New Orleans Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at LSU Health - New Orleans paid an average of $986 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $562 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$7,020	$15,495
Fees	$3,356	$3,356

Learn more about LSU Health - New Orleans tuition and fees.

Does LSU Health - New Orleans Offer an Online Bachelor’s in Dental Hygiene?

LSU Health - New Orleans does not offer an online option for its dental hygiene bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the LSU Health - New Orleans Online Learning page.

LSU Health - New Orleans Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Dental Hygiene

37 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded

100.0% Women

8.1% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 37 bachelor’s degrees in dental hygiene handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in dental hygiene in 2019-2020, all of them were women.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 8.1% of dental hygiene bachelor’s degree recipients at LSU Health - New Orleans in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 27%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	34
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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*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.