Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Portland Community College

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

Portland Community College is located in Portland, Oregon and approximately 22,904 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.

Portland Community College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

Portland Community College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at Portland Community College

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

Portland Community College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Associate’s Program

89% Women

42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

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 Portland Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 4% more women than average.

Portland Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in dental hygiene graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Dental Laboratory Technology/Technician

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 Portland Community College.

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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