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Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Wayne County Community College District

Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Wayne County Community College District

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

WCCCD is located in Detroit, Michigan and approximately 10,748 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.

WCCCD Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

WCCCD Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at WCCCD

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental hygiene majors at Wayne County Community College District.

WCCCD Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Associate’s Program

92% Women
83% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 8% of dental hygiene associate's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

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WCCCD does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in dental hygiene graduates 46% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Wayne County Community College District with a associate's in dental hygiene.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 2
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 MI, the home state for Wayne County Community College District.

Occupation Jobs in MI Average Salary in MI
Dental Hygienists 9,510 $64,130
Health Specialties Professors 5,440 $131,020

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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