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Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Indiana University - Northwest

Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Indiana University - Northwest

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

IU Northwest is located in Gary, Indiana and has a total student population of 3,801.

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.

IU Northwest Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

IU Northwest Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

The dental hygiene major at IU Northwest 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 IU Northwest

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental hygiene majors at Indiana University - Northwest.

IU Northwest Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
61% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of dental hygiene bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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 Indiana University - Northwest with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 16
White 11
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 IN, the home state for Indiana University - Northwest.

Occupation Jobs in IN Average Salary in IN
Dental Hygienists 4,900 $68,000

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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