Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Rhode Island College

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

RIC is located in Providence, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 7,072.

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.

RIC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

RIC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

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

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 RIC 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
	50
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools	82
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	87
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	89
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	89
	194
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	273
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	291
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	299
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	301

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at RIC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental hygiene majors at Rhode Island College.

RIC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene from RIC. About 50% were men and 50% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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 Rhode Island College with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

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

RIC 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 RI, the home state for Rhode Island College.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Dental Hygienists	1,270	$74,650

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 Arctichistorian01 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.