by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the Southeast Region” 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 the Southeast region, there were 1,929 dental hygiene/hygienist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 585 dental hygiene/hygienist graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 21 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.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree dental hygiene students.
Out of the 21 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, West Liberty University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in West Liberty, West Virginia, this small public school awarded 31 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s dental hygiene students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clayton State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the Southeast Region list. Morrow, Georgia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees to 55 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tennessee Wesleyan University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the Southeast Region. Tennessee Wesleyan University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Athens, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is a small public school situated in Little Rock, Arkansas. It awarded 35 bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%.
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Georgia Highlands College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. GHC is a medium-sized public school situated in Rome, Georgia. It awarded 27 bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
Augusta University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Augusta University is a medium-sized public school situated in Augusta, Georgia. It awarded 55 bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the Southeast Region list. The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center is a small public school situated in Memphis, Tennessee. It awarded 28 bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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University of Louisiana at Monroe came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Monroe, Louisiana, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Arkansas - Fort Smith ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the Southeast Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #11, East Tennessee State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the Southeast Region list. ETSU is located in Johnson City, Tennessee and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 32 bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees to qualified students.
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St Petersburg College ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Clearwater, Florida, this large public school handed out 53 degrees to qualified bachelors’s dental hygiene students in 2020-2021.
Western Kentucky University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Western Kentucky University Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Report
University of Louisville ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the Southeast Region list. Louisville, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees to 30 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Chapel Hill, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees to 35 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
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University of Mississippi did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #16. Located in University, Mississippi, this large public school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s dental hygiene students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of Mississippi Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Report
West Virginia University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #17. This large school is located in Morgantown, West Virginia, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
Old Dominion University ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the Southeast Region list. Old Dominion is located in Norfolk, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees to qualified students.
South College landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the Southeast Region ranking. South College is a private for-profit institution located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Virginia Commonwealth University landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Virginia Commonwealth University is a public institution located in Richmond, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
Hodges University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Dental Hygiene Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #21. International College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Naples, Florida. It awarded 0 bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
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