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Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Lake Washington Institute of Technology

39% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

LWTech is located in Kirkland, Washington and approximately 3,319 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.

LWTech Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

LWTech Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the dental hygiene progam at LWTech compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The dental hygiene major at LWTech 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	6
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	10
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	36

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at LWTech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental hygiene majors at Lake Washington Institute of Technology.

LWTech Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

95% Women

39% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Of the 57 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Dental Hygiene/Hygienist from LWTech in 2020-2021, 5% were men and 95% were women.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene at LWTech are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Lake Washington Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	31
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

LWTech also has a doctoral program available in dental hygiene. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 WA, the home state for Lake Washington Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Dental Hygienists	6,010	$90,690
Health Specialties Professors	3,470	$155,090

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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