Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Tyler Junior College

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

Tyler Junior College is located in Tyler, Texas and approximately 11,749 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.

Tyler Junior College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

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

Tyler Junior College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

The dental hygiene major at Tyler Junior 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 Tyler Junior College

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

Tyler Junior College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of dental hygiene associate's degrees went to men and 86% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in dental hygiene only graduates about 6% men each year. The program at Tyler Junior College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 7% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in dental hygiene at Tyler Junior College are white. Around 59% fell into this category, which is typical for this degree. Tyler Junior College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in dental hygiene graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Tyler Junior College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 5% of dental hygiene bachelor's degrees went to men and 95% went to women.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene at Tyler Junior College are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Tyler Junior College with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 TX, the home state for Tyler Junior College.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Health Specialties Professors	13,930	$139,540
Dental Hygienists	13,850	$75,300

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.