Dental Hygiene/Hygienist is a concentration offered under the dental support services major at Missouri Southern State University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the associate degree program in dental hygiene, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at Missouri Southern paid an average of $497 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $249 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
---|---|---|
Tuition | $7,462 | $14,924 |
Books and Supplies | $902 | $902 |
On Campus Room and Board | $7,209 | $7,209 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,389 | $3,389 |
Learn more about Missouri Southern tuition and fees.
Missouri Southern does not offer an online option for its dental hygiene associate degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Missouri Southern Online Learning page.
Women made up around 90.0% of the dental hygiene students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 94.7%.
Around 25.0% of dental hygiene associate degree recipients at Missouri Southern in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 32%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 3 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 15 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
*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.