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Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Tennessee Wesleyan University

Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Tennessee Wesleyan University

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

TWU is located in Athens, Tennessee and approximately 1,116 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.

TWU Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

TWU Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

The dental hygiene major at TWU 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 TWU

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

TWU Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

94% Women
18% 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 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene at TWU 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 Tennessee Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 14
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 TN, the home state for Tennessee Wesleyan University.

Occupation Jobs in TN Average Salary in TN
Health Specialties Professors 5,690 $102,310
Dental Hygienists 3,770 $66,290

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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