2025 Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools in Colorado
4Colleges in Colorado
164Dental Hygiene Degrees Awarded
Ranked #98 in popularity, dental hygiene/hygienist is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the best for dental hygiene/hygienist students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 164 degrees in dental hygiene/hygienist to qualified students.
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. For our Best Overall Dental Hygiene/Hygienist School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools in Colorado ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Dental Hygiene/Hygienist in Colorado
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the dental hygiene degrees they offer, see the list below.
Community College of Denver is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in dental hygiene/hygienist. CCD is a medium-sized public college located in the city of Denver. A Best Colleges rank of #497 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means CCD is a great college overall.
There were about 41 dental hygiene/hygienist students who graduated with this degree at CCD in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Pueblo Community College if you want to pursue a degree in dental hygiene/hygienist. Located in the city of Pueblo, Pueblo Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 15th out of 31 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were about 54 dental hygiene/hygienist students who graduated with this degree at Pueblo Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
Colorado Northwestern Community College is a good option for students interested in a degree in dental hygiene/hygienist. CNCC is a small public college located in the remote area of Rangely. This college ranks 1262nd out of 2,152 colleges for overall quality nationwide.
There were about 21 dental hygiene/hygienist students who graduated with this degree at CNCC in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in dental hygiene/hygienist has to check out Concorde Career College - Aurora. Located in the large city of Aurora, Concorde Career College - Aurora is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
There were roughly 48 dental hygiene/hygienist students who graduated with this degree at Concorde Career College - Aurora in the most recent data year.
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).
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. For our Best Overall Dental Hygiene/Hygienist School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
