2022 Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

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 the Southwest Region” ranking.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 778 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 $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

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.

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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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 Southwest 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 Southwest Region

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dental Hygiene/Hygienist in the Southwest Region

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 9 degrees to qualified masters’s dental hygiene students in 2019-2020.

UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at UNM

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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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