Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Loma Linda University

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

Loma Linda University is located in Loma Linda, California and approximately 4,468 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.

Loma Linda University Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

Loma Linda University Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The dental hygiene major at Loma Linda University 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 Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	2
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	2
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	7
	7
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	10
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	18
	19
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	208

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at Loma Linda University

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

Loma Linda University Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

Of the 60 dental hygiene students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Loma Linda University, about 20% were men and 80% were women. The typical dental hygiene bachelor's degree program is made up of only 5% men. So male students are more repesented at Loma Linda University since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% 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 Loma Linda University with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	18
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

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 Loma Linda University.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Brianweedster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.