Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Diablo Valley College

If you are interested in studying dental hygiene/hygienist, you may want to check out the program at Diablo Valley College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Diablo Valley is located in Pleasant Hill, California and approximately 18,693 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.

Diablo Valley Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

Diablo Valley Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at Diablo Valley

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

Diablo Valley Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Associate’s Program

78% Women

72% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of dental hygiene associate's degrees went to men and 78% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in dental hygiene only graduates about 6% men each year. The program at Diablo Valley may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 16% more women than average.

Diablo Valley does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in dental hygiene graduates 35% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 Diablo Valley 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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