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Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Oregon Institute of Technology

17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

OIT is located in Klamath Falls, Oregon and approximately 5,323 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.

OIT Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

Online Classes Are Available at OIT

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? OIT offers distance education options for dental hygiene at the following degree levels:

Bachelor’s Degree

OIT Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The dental hygiene major at OIT 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 Online Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	1
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	3
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	13
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	16
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Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at OIT

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

OIT Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

94% Women

17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Of the 65 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Dental Hygiene/Hygienist from OIT in 2020-2021, 6% were men and 94% were women. The typical dental hygiene bachelor's degree program is made up of only 5% men. So male students are more repesented at OIT since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene at OIT are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Oregon Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	48
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

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 OR, the home state for Oregon Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in OR	Average Salary in OR
Health Specialties Professors	3,660	$145,380
Dental Hygienists	3,630	$85,280

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
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More about our data sources and methodologies.

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