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Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at West Los Angeles College

Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at West Los Angeles College

What traits are you looking for in a dental hygiene school? To help you decide if West Los Angeles College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's dental hygiene program.

West LA College is located in Culver City, California and approximately 11,417 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.

West LA College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

West LA College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

The dental hygiene major at West LA College 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 West LA College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental hygiene majors at West Los Angeles College.

West LA College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

84% Women
63% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 16% of dental hygiene bachelor's degrees went to men and 84% went to women. The typical dental hygiene bachelor's degree program is made up of only 6% men. So male students are more repesented at West LA College since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% more racial-ethnic minorities in its dental hygiene bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from West Los Angeles College with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 10
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 21
White 20
International Students 1
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 CA, the home state for West Los Angeles College.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Dental Hygienists 22,240 $100,830
Health Specialties Professors 11,540 $161,770

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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