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Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at University of Mississippi

Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at University of Mississippi

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

Ole Miss is located in University, Mississippi and approximately 21,014 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.

Ole Miss Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

Ole Miss Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

The dental hygiene major at Ole Miss 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 Ole Miss

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

Ole Miss Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of dental hygiene bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene at Ole Miss 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 Mississippi with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 14
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 MS, the home state for University of Mississippi.

Occupation Jobs in MS Average Salary in MS
Dental Hygienists 1,320 $57,860

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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