Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Cerritos College

What traits are you looking for in a dental hygiene school? To help you decide if Cerritos College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's dental hygiene program.

Cerritos College is located in Norwalk, California and approximately 20,406 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Dental Hygiene/Hygienist section at the bottom of this page.

Cerritos College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

Cerritos College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at Cerritos College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental hygiene majors at Cerritos College.

Cerritos College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Associate’s Program

82% Women

82% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of dental hygiene associate's degrees went to men and 82% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in dental hygiene only graduates about 6% men each year. The program at Cerritos College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 11% more women than average.

Cerritos College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in dental hygiene graduates 45% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Cerritos College with a associate's in dental hygiene.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Dental Assisting/Assistant

Careers That Dental Hygiene Grads May Go Into

A degree in dental hygiene can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for Cerritos College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Dental Hygienists	22,240	$100,830
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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