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Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at University of Wyoming

Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at University of Wyoming

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

UW is located in Laramie, Wyoming and approximately 11,829 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.

UW Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

UW Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

The dental hygiene major at UW 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 UW

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

UW Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

95% Women
15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 5% of dental hygiene bachelor's degrees went to men and 95% went to women.

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About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene at UW 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 Wyoming with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 15
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 WY, the home state for University of Wyoming.

Occupation Jobs in WY Average Salary in WY
Dental Hygienists 440 $69,620
Health Specialties Professors 170 $80,610

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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