Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Columbia Basin College

69% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

CBC is located in Pasco, Washington and approximately 6,745 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.

CBC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

CBC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

The dental hygiene major at CBC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Dental Hygiene/Hygienist. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at CBC

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

CBC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

81% Women

69% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of dental hygiene bachelor's degrees went to men and 81% went to women. The typical dental hygiene bachelor's degree program is made up of only 6% men. So male students are more repesented at CBC since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% more racial-ethnic minorities in its dental hygiene bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 WA, the home state for Columbia Basin College.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Dental Hygienists	6,010	$90,690
Health Specialties Professors	3,470	$155,090

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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