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

1 Ranked Colleges
14 Degrees Awarded
$28,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master's in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

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.

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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

More Ways to Rank Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

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

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

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a public institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree dental hygiene students list, UMN Twin Cities has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities are $28,845.

Full University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Report

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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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