Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at University of New Haven

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

University of New Haven is located in West Haven, Connecticut and has a total student population of 6,961.

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.

University of New Haven Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

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

University of New Haven Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

The dental hygiene major at University of New Haven 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 University of New Haven

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

University of New Haven Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 3% of dental hygiene associate's degrees went to men and 97% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in dental hygiene at University of New Haven are white. Around 58% fell into this category, which is typical for this degree. University of New Haven does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in dental hygiene graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of New Haven with a associate's in dental hygiene.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	21
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

University of New Haven Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 4% of dental hygiene bachelor's degrees went to men and 96% went to women.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene at University of New Haven 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 New Haven with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	18
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 CT, the home state for University of New Haven.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Dental Hygienists	3,990	$83,630

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
• Image Credit: By Zrosen88 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.