2024 Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor's Degree Schools in West Virginia

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene/hygienist, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #118 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in West Virginia to determine which ones were the best for dental hygiene/hygienist students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 52 bachelor's degrees in dental hygiene/hygienist during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on dental hygiene/hygienist students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other dental hygiene/hygienist students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized dental hygiene/hygienist related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for dental hygiene/hygienist students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools

The dental hygiene school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor's Degree Schools in West Virginia.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Dental Hygiene/Hygienist in West Virginia

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene/hygienist.

Top West Virginia Schools for a Bachelor's in Dental Hygiene

1

West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

21 Annual Graduates

West Virginia University is a great choice for students interested in a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene/hygienist. Located in the city of Morgantown, WVU is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in dental hygiene/hygienist from West Virginia University

2

West Liberty University
West Liberty, WV

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

31 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene/hygienist needs to look into West Liberty University. West Liberty University is a small public university located in the rural area of West Liberty.More information about a bachelor’s in dental hygiene/hygienist from West Liberty University

Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	492	53
Tennessee	460	77
North Carolina	453	35
Georgia	453	137
Virginia	421	32
Kentucky	331	60
Louisiana	306	67
Arkansas	294	52
Mississippi	275	20

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Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Related Rankings by Major

One of 3 majors within the Dental Support Services area of study, Dental Hygiene/Hygienist has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.