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Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at University of Alaska Anchorage

12% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

UAA is located in Anchorage, Alaska and has a total student population of 11,953.

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.

UAA Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

UAA Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

The dental hygiene major at UAA 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.

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at UAA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental hygiene majors at University of Alaska Anchorage.

UAA Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

94% Women

12% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Of the 17 dental hygiene students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UAA, about 6% were men and 94% were women.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene at UAA 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 University of Alaska Anchorage with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

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 AK, the home state for University of Alaska Anchorage.

Occupation	Jobs in AK	Average Salary in AK
Dental Hygienists	600	$114,320
Health Specialties Professors	60	$64,880

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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