2022 Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 6,708 people earned their degree in dental hygiene/hygienist, making the major the 96th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 668 dental hygiene/hygienist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 dental hygiene/hygienist graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in dental hygiene/hygienist. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent dental hygiene/hygienist programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the dental hygiene/hygienist program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree dental hygiene students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dental Hygiene/Hygienist (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$28,845 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. UMN Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s dental hygiene degrees to qualified students.

UMN Twin Cities not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMN Twin Cities are $28,845, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

#2

University of Missouri - Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri

$26,699 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. University of Missouri - Kansas City is located in Kansas City, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s dental hygiene degrees to qualified students.

UMKC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMKC are $26,699, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Missouri - Kansas City Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dental Hygiene/Hygienist (Income $75-$110k)

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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