Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Northern Arizona University

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

NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and approximately 29,566 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.

NAU Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

NAU Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks dental hygiene programs across the country. The following shows how NAU performed in these rankings.

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 NAU 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
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	11
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	28
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools	32
	41
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	49
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	60
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	143
	156
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	209
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	229

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at NAU

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

NAU Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 5% of dental hygiene bachelor's degrees went to men and 95% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 Northern Arizona University with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	27
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

NAU 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 AZ, the home state for Northern Arizona University.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Health Specialties Professors	3,660	$133,640
Dental Hygienists	3,200	$85,890

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 Teksaz227 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.