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Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at University of South Dakota

Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at University of South Dakota

What traits are you looking for in a dental hygiene school? To help you decide if University of South Dakota is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's dental hygiene program.

USD is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and approximately 9,459 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.

USD Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

USD Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

The dental hygiene major at USD 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 USD

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

USD Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

97% Women
9% 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 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene at USD 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 South Dakota 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 29
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 SD, the home state for University of South Dakota.

Occupation Jobs in SD Average Salary in SD
Dental Hygienists 650 $64,580
Health Specialties Professors 160 $95,150

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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