Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Northern Arizona University

45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a dental hygiene school? To help you decide if Northern Arizona University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's dental hygiene program.

NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and approximately 29,566 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.

NAU Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

NAU Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

The dental hygiene major at NAU 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 NAU

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

NAU Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

89% Women

45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of dental hygiene bachelor's degrees went to men and 89% went to women. The typical dental hygiene bachelor's degree program is made up of only 6% men. So male students are more repesented at NAU since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene at NAU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Northern Arizona University with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 AZ, the home state for Northern Arizona University.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Health Specialties Professors	3,660	$133,640
Dental Hygienists	3,200	$85,890

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
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