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Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Forsyth Technical Community College

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

Forsyth Tech is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and approximately 7,587 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 12 students received their associate's degree in dental hygiene.

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.

Forsyth Tech Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

Forsyth Tech Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

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Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at Forsyth Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental hygiene majors at Forsyth Technical Community College.

Forsyth Tech Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Associate’s Program

100% Women

42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of dental hygiene associate's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in dental hygiene at Forsyth Tech are white. Around 58% fell into this category, which is typical for this degree. Forsyth Tech does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in dental hygiene graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Dental Assisting/Assistant

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 NC, the home state for Forsyth Technical Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Health Specialties Professors	10,090	$134,300
Dental Hygienists	6,670	$69,500

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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