by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in Illinois” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist is the 98th most popular major in the country with 8,807 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Illinois, there were 408 dental hygiene/hygienist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 364 dental hygiene/hygienist graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,626 and $15,120 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer a degree in dental hygiene/hygienist. That schools that top this list have a program in dental hygiene/hygienist in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in Illinois” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois associate degree dental hygiene students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fox College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in Illinois list. Located in Bedford Park, Illinois, this small private for-profit school awarded 85 degrees to qualified associates’s dental hygiene students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carl Sandburg College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in Illinois list. Carl Sandburg College is located in Galesburg, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 50 associates’s dental hygiene degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Parkland College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in Illinois list. This medium-sized school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 66 associates’s dental hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend City Colleges of Chicago - Malcolm X College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in Illinois. City Colleges of Chicago - Malcolm X College is a medium-sized school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 50 associates’s dental hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rock Valley College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in Illinois. Rockford, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s dental hygiene degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.
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Illinois Central College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in Illinois ranking. ICC is a medium-sized public school situated in East Peoria, Illinois. It awarded 20 associates’s dental hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #7, Lewis and Clark Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in Illinois list. Lewis and Clark Community College is a small school located in Godfrey, Illinois that handed out 20 associates’s dental hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
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College of DuPage landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in Illinois ranking. COD is located in Glen Ellyn, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 28 associates’s dental hygiene degrees to qualified students.
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William Rainey Harper College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in Illinois ranking, coming in at #9. William Rainey Harper College is a fairly large school located in Palatine, Illinois that handed out 21 associates’s dental hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #10, Prairie State College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in Illinois list. Chicago Heights, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s dental hygiene degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Lake Land College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in Illinois ranking. Lake Land College is a small school located in Mattoon, Illinois that handed out 0 associates’s dental hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
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College of Lake County did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in Illinois ranking, coming in at #11. This fairly large school is located in Grayslake, Illinois, and it awarded 0 associates’s dental hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
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