Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center

If you plan to study dental hygiene/hygienist, take a look at what The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UTHSC is located in Memphis, Tennessee and has a total student population of 3,181.

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.

UTHSC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

UTHSC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the dental hygiene progam at UTHSC 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 UTHSC 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 Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	30
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	47
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools	48
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	58
	80
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	122
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	124
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	184
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	236
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Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at UTHSC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental hygiene majors at The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center.

UTHSC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 students earned a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene from UTHSC. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene at UTHSC 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 The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UTHSC 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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Health Specialties Professors	5,690	$102,310
Dental Hygienists	3,770	$66,290

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.