Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Foothill College
What traits are you looking for in a dental hygiene school? To help you decide if Foothill College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's dental hygiene program.Foothill College is located in Los Altos Hills, California and approximately 14,605 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.
Foothill College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene
Foothill College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings
The dental hygiene major at Foothill College 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 Foothill College
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental hygiene majors at Foothill College.
Foothill College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program
Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 Foothill College with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 20 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 9 |
White | 19 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 6 |
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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 Foothill 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.