by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Dental Hygiene Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist is the 98th most popular major in the country with 8,807 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 942 dental hygiene/hygienist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 341 dental hygiene/hygienist graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Dental Hygiene Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in dental hygiene/hygienist. To top this list, a school must have a successful dental hygiene/hygienist program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree dental hygiene students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Woman’s University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Dental Hygiene Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s. TWU is a fairly large school located in Denton, Texas that handed out 61 bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Dental Hygiene Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school awarded 57 degrees to qualified bachelors’s dental hygiene students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Dental Hygiene Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. Flagstaff, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees to 57 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Dental Hygiene Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 44 bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Dental Hygiene Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston landed the #5 spot on the list. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.
Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Dental Hygiene Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees to 29 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
Read more about Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Texas A&M College Station
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Dental Hygiene Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. UT Health San Antonio is a small public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 24 bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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%.
With a ranking of #8, MSU Texas did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Dental Hygiene Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. MSU Texas is a medium-sized public school situated in Wichita Falls, Texas. It awarded 17 bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
Tyler Junior College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Dental Hygiene Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Tyler Junior College is located in Tyler, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees to qualified students.
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