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Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Oregon Institute of Technology

Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Oregon Institute of Technology

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

OIT is located in Klamath Falls, Oregon and approximately 5,323 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.

OIT Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

Online Classes Are Available at OIT

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, OIT does offer online courses in dental hygiene for the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

OIT Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

The dental hygiene major at OIT 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 OIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental hygiene majors at Oregon Institute of Technology.

OIT Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

94% Women
22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 6% of dental hygiene bachelor's degrees went to men and 94% went to women.

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About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene at OIT 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 Oregon Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 48
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

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 OR, the home state for Oregon Institute of Technology.

Occupation Jobs in OR Average Salary in OR
Health Specialties Professors 3,660 $145,380
Dental Hygienists 3,630 $85,280

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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