2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Dental Hygiene/Hygienist in Kentucky

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 Bachelor’s in Kentucky” 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 Kentucky, there were 119 dental hygiene/hygienist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 57 dental hygiene/hygienist graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,401 and $24,684 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Bachelor’s in Kentucky” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in dental hygiene/hygienist. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality dental hygiene/hygienist programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Bachelor’s in Kentucky

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Bachelor’s in Kentucky.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Dental Hygiene/Hygienist in Kentucky

#1

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$16,867 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Bachelor’s in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisville landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Louisville, Kentucky, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees in 2019-2020.

UofL also took the #1 spot in our “Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Louisville is $16,867 for Kentucky Bachelor’s Degree Dental Hygiene students.

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#2

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$11,962 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Bachelor’s in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Kentucky University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees in 2019-2020.

WKU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. It costs about $11,962 for Kentucky Bachelor’s Degree Dental Hygiene students per year to attend WKU.

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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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