2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in Maryland

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 Maryland” 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 Maryland, there were 121 dental hygiene/hygienist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 107 dental hygiene/hygienist graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,870 and $17,588 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in Maryland” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in dental hygiene/hygienist. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their dental hygiene/hygienist program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in Maryland

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in Maryland”.

Top 6 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Dental Hygiene/Hygienist in Maryland

1

Fortis College - Landover
Landover, Maryland

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Fortis College - Landover landed the #1 spot on the list. Landover, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s dental hygiene degrees to 29 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Fortis College - Landover

2

Allegany College of Maryland
Cumberland, Maryland

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Allegany College of Maryland. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in Maryland list. Allegany College of Maryland is a small school located in Cumberland, Maryland that handed out 36 associates’s dental hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Allegany College of Maryland

3

Hagerstown Community College
Hagerstown, Maryland

#25 overall quality in Maryland

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Hagerstown Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Hagerstown, Maryland, this small public school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified associates’s dental hygiene students in 2020-2021.

Full Hagerstown Community College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Report

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Baltimore City Community College
Baltimore, Maryland

#24 overall quality in Maryland

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Baltimore City Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Baltimore City Community College is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 associates’s dental hygiene degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Baltimore City Community College

5

Howard Community College
Columbia, Maryland

#15 overall quality in Maryland

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in Maryland list. HCC is a medium-sized school located in Columbia, Maryland that handed out 9 associates’s dental hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at HCC

6

Community College of Baltimore County
Baltimore, Maryland

#17 overall quality in Maryland

With a ranking of #6, Community College of Baltimore County did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in Maryland list. Community College of Baltimore County is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 associates’s dental hygiene degrees to qualified students.

Full Community College of Baltimore County Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Report

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Dental Hygiene/Hygienist in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Most Focused Associate 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.