2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dental Hygiene/Hygienist (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Dental Hygiene/Hygienist is the 96th most popular major in the country with 6,708 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,593 dental hygiene/hygienist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 dental hygiene/hygienist graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great dental hygiene/hygienist programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the dental hygiene/hygienist program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dental Hygiene/Hygienist (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$33,288 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Old Dominion University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Old Dominion is a large public school situated in Norfolk, Virginia. It awarded 8 masters’s dental hygiene degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Old Dominion, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Old Dominion University are $33,288, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Old Dominion University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dental Hygiene/Hygienist (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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