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Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Taft College

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

Taft College is located in Taft, California and approximately 3,566 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 19 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.

Taft College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

Taft College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

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Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at Taft College

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

Taft College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Associate’s Program

79% Women

79% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of dental hygiene associate's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in dental hygiene only graduates about 5% men each year. The program at Taft College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 16% more women than average.

Taft College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in dental hygiene graduates 46% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 Taft College.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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