Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Georgia Highlands College

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

GHC is located in Rome, Georgia and approximately 5,680 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.

GHC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Dental Hygiene
• Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

Online Classes Are Available at GHC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, GHC does offer online courses in dental hygiene for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

GHC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

The dental hygiene major at GHC 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 GHC

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

GHC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of dental hygiene associate's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in dental hygiene at GHC are white. Around 75% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

GHC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of dental hygiene bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene at GHC are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

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 GA, the home state for Georgia Highlands College.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Dental Hygienists	6,910	$65,650
Health Specialties Professors	4,970	$119,400

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.