Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia

If you plan to study dental hygiene/hygienist, take a look at what San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia is located in Visalia, California and approximately 1,927 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 35 students received their associate's degree in dental hygiene.

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.

San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Dental Hygiene
• Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

Online Classes Are Available at San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia does offer online courses in dental hygiene for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks dental hygiene programs across the country. The following shows how San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia 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 San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia 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 Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	9
	30
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	40
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	42
	45
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	45
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Associate Degree Trade Schools	45
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Associate Degree Trade Schools	45
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	48
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Associate Degree Trade Schools	71
	71
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	76
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools	86
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	125
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Associate Degree Schools	212
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	277

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental hygiene majors at San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia.

San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 6% of dental hygiene associate's degrees went to men and 94% went to women.

San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in dental hygiene graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia with a associate's in dental hygiene.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 dental hygiene students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia, about 8% were men and 92% 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 San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia also has a doctoral program available in dental hygiene. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• 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 CA, the home state for San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.