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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the New England Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 8,807 people earned their degree in dental hygiene/hygienist, making the major the 98th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 634 dental hygiene/hygienist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 233 dental hygiene/hygienist graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree dental hygiene students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Bridgeport. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the New England Region list. University of Bridgeport is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It awarded 47 bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at University of Bridgeport
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New England. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the New England Region. Biddeford, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees to 53 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the New England Region. MCPHS University is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 73 bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Regis College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the New England Region list. Located in Weston, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 17 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s dental hygiene students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Haven. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the New England Region list. University of New Haven is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in West Haven, Connecticut. It awarded 29 bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of New Haven Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Report
University of Maine at Augusta came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the New England Region ranking. UMA is a small school located in Augusta, Maine that handed out 7 bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #7, Vermont Technical College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the New England Region list. This small school is located in Randolph, Vermont, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Rhode Island College ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the New England Region list. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this medium-sized public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s dental hygiene students in 2020-2021.
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