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Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at University of Louisiana at Monroe

Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at University of Louisiana at Monroe

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

ULM is located in Monroe, Louisiana and approximately 8,888 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.

ULM Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

Online Classes Are Available at ULM

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, ULM does offer online courses in dental hygiene for the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

ULM Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

The dental hygiene major at ULM 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 ULM

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

ULM Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

97% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 3% of dental hygiene bachelor's degrees went to men and 97% went to women.

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About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene at ULM 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 University of Louisiana at Monroe with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 19
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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 LA, the home state for University of Louisiana at Monroe.

Occupation Jobs in LA Average Salary in LA
Dental Hygienists 1,950 $59,810
Health Specialties Professors 880 $105,820

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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