Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Goodwin College

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

Goodwin is located in East Hartford, Connecticut and approximately 3,312 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.

Goodwin Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

Goodwin Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at Goodwin

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

Goodwin Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Associate’s Program

90% Women

35% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 10% of dental hygiene associate's degrees went to men and 90% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in dental hygiene only graduates about 6% men each year. The program at Goodwin may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 4% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in dental hygiene at Goodwin are white. Around 60% fell into this category, which is typical for this degree.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 CT, the home state for Goodwin College.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Dental Hygienists	3,990	$83,630

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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