by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Dental Hygiene Major for a Master’s” 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.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 114 dental hygiene/hygienist graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Dental Hygiene Major for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 17 colleges that offer 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 master’s degree dental hygiene students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Old Dominion University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Dental Hygiene Major for a Master’s list. Old Dominion University is a large public school situated in Norfolk, Virginia. It awarded 36 masters’s dental hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 17 schools in the Most Well Attended Dental Hygiene Major for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences landed the #2 spot on the list. Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 20 masters’s dental hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at MCPHS University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Bridgeport. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Dental Hygiene Major for a Master’s list. Located in Bridgeport, Connecticut, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s dental hygiene students in 2020-2021.
Full University of Bridgeport Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Report
Out of the 17 schools in the Most Well Attended Dental Hygiene Major for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Washington University landed the #4 spot on the list. EWU is a fairly large school located in Cheney, Washington that handed out 10 masters’s dental hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Dental Hygiene Major for a Master’s list. UMN Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s dental hygiene degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Report
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Dental Hygiene Major for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, this large public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified masters’s dental hygiene students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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 freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Idaho State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Dental Hygiene Major for a Master’s ranking. Pocatello, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s dental hygiene degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #8, West Liberty University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Dental Hygiene Major for a Master’s list. Located in West Liberty, West Virginia, this small public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified masters’s dental hygiene students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at West Liberty University
University of New Mexico - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Most Well Attended Dental Hygiene Major for a Master’s list. UNM is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 4 masters’s dental hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
Ohio State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Dental Hygiene Major for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #8. Ohio State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Columbus, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
West Virginia University ranked #11 on this year’s Most Well Attended Dental Hygiene Major for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Morgantown, West Virginia, and it awarded 2 masters’s dental hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at West Virginia University
University of Missouri - Kansas City came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Dental Hygiene Major for a Master’s ranking. University of Missouri - Kansas City is a fairly large school located in Kansas City, Missouri that handed out 2 masters’s dental hygiene degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Dental Hygiene Major for a Master’s ranking. This small school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 2 masters’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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Maryland - Baltimore came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Dental Hygiene Major for a Master’s ranking. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s dental hygiene degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at University of Maryland - Baltimore
Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Dental Hygiene Major for a Master’s ranking. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 29 masters’s dental hygiene degrees 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Texas A&M College Station
University of Southern California did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Dental Hygiene Major for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #14. USC is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 30 masters’s dental hygiene degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at University of Southern California
University of California - San Francisco landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Dental Hygiene Major for a Master’s ranking. San Francisco, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s dental hygiene degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at University of California - San Francisco
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