Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Lorain County Community College

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

LCCC is located in Elyria, Ohio and approximately 10,138 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.

LCCC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

LCCC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at LCCC

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

LCCC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Associate’s Program

86% Women

29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of dental hygiene associate's degrees went to men and 86% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in dental hygiene only graduates about 6% men each year. The program at LCCC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 8% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in dental hygiene at LCCC are white. Around 71% 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 Lorain County Community College with a associate's in dental hygiene.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
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 OH, the home state for Lorain County Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Health Specialties Professors	10,330	$130,280
Dental Hygienists	8,930	$68,310

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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