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Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at College of DuPage

Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at College of DuPage

If you plan to study dental hygiene/hygienist, take a look at what College of DuPage has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

COD is located in Glen Ellyn, Illinois and approximately 21,010 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.

COD Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

COD Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at COD

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

COD Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Associate’s Program

93% Women
46% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 7% of dental hygiene associate's degrees went to men and 93% went to women.

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COD does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in dental hygiene graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 13
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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 IL, the home state for College of DuPage.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Health Specialties Professors 10,070 $105,140
Dental Hygienists 9,450 $72,640

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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