2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dental Hygiene/Hygienist in California

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking.

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 California, there were 456 dental hygiene/hygienist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 dental hygiene/hygienist graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality dental hygiene/hygienist programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the dental hygiene/hygienist program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The dental hygiene school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in California”.

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Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree dental hygiene students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dental Hygiene/Hygienist in California

#1

University of California - San Francisco

San Francisco, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,092 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Francisco landed the #1 spot on the list. UCSF is located in San Francisco, California and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s dental hygiene degrees to qualified students.

UCSF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UCSF are $28,092.

Read full report on Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at UCSF

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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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