Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Plaza College

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

Plaza College is located in Forest Hills, New York and has a total student population of 914.

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.

Plaza College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Dental Hygiene
• Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

Online Classes Are Available at Plaza College

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Plaza College offers distance education options for dental hygiene at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Plaza College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

The dental hygiene major at Plaza College 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 Plaza College

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

Plaza College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of dental hygiene associate's degrees went to men and 89% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in dental hygiene only graduates about 6% men each year. The program at Plaza College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 5% more women than average.

Plaza College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in dental hygiene graduates 48% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Plaza College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of dental hygiene bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 43% 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 Plaza College with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

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

Related Majors

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 NY, the home state for Plaza College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Dental Hygienists	11,300	$76,280

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.