2024 Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools in Massachusetts
8Colleges in Massachusetts
319Dental Hygiene Degrees Awarded
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #98 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 8 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools in Massachusetts ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 319 degrees in dental hygiene/hygienist during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The dental hygiene program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Dental Hygiene/Hygienist rankings. We derive our Best Overall Dental Hygiene/Hygienist School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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Best Schools for Dental Hygiene/Hygienist in Massachusetts
The schools below may not offer all types of dental hygiene degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It is difficult to beat Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences if you want to pursue a degree in dental hygiene/hygienist. Located in the city of Boston, MCPHS University is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
There were about 94 dental hygiene/hygienist students who graduated with this degree at MCPHS University in the most recent year we have data available.
Middlesex Community College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in dental hygiene/hygienist. Middlesex Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the suburb of Bedford. A Best Colleges rank of #1060 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Middlesex Community College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 19 dental hygiene/hygienist students who graduated with this degree at Middlesex Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
Quinsigamond Community College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in dental hygiene/hygienist. Located in the medium-sized city of Worcester, Quinsigamond Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #854 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Quinsigamond Community College is a great college overall.
There were approximately 31 dental hygiene/hygienist students who graduated with this degree at Quinsigamond Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
Regis College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in dental hygiene/hygienist. Regis College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Weston.
There were roughly 59 dental hygiene/hygienist students who graduated with this degree at Regis College in the most recent data year.
Located in the medium-sized city of Springfield, STCC is a public college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #912 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means STCC is a great college overall.
There were about 19 dental hygiene/hygienist students who graduated with this degree at STCC in the most recent data year.
MWCC is a small public college located in the rural area of Gardner. This college ranks 53rd out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were approximately 23 dental hygiene/hygienist students who graduated with this degree at MWCC in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Fall River, Bristol is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 56th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were approximately 33 dental hygiene/hygienist students who graduated with this degree at Bristol in the most recent year we have data available.
Cape Cod Community College is a small public college located in the small city of West Barnstable. This college ranks 61st out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 41 dental hygiene/hygienist students who graduated with this degree at Cape Cod Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
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).