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Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Santa Rosa Junior College

Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Santa Rosa Junior College

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

SRJC is located in Santa Rosa, California and has a total student population of 16,757.

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.

SRJC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

SRJC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at SRJC

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

SRJC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Associate’s Program

91% Women
55% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 9% of dental hygiene associate's degrees went to men and 91% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in dental hygiene only graduates about 6% men each year. The program at SRJC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 3% more women than average.

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SRJC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in dental hygiene graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 11
White 8
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 CA, the home state for Santa Rosa Junior College.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Dental Hygienists 22,240 $100,830
Health Specialties Professors 11,540 $161,770

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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