2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dental Hygiene/Hygienist in the New England Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the New England region, there were 482 dental hygiene/hygienist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 32 dental hygiene/hygienist graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dental Hygiene/Hygienist in the New England Region

#1

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$23,280 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences landed the #1 spot on the list. MCPHS University is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 masters’s dental hygiene degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MCPHS University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at MCPHS University are $23,280, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Bridgeport

Bridgeport, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$21,686 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Bridgeport. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. Located in Bridgeport, Connecticut, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 13 degrees to qualified masters’s dental hygiene students in 2019-2020.

UBridgeport also took the #2 spot in our “Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Bridgeport are $21,686.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dental Hygiene/Hygienist

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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