Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

What traits are you looking for in a dental hygiene school? To help you decide if University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's dental hygiene program.

UAMS is located in Little Rock, Arkansas and approximately 2,907 students attend the school each year.

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.

UAMS Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

UAMS Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The dental hygiene major at UAMS 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	12
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	18
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	24
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	30
	56
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	59
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	84
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	137
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Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at UAMS

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental hygiene majors at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

UAMS Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

Of the 35 dental hygiene students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UAMS, about 3% were men and 97% were women.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene at UAMS 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 Arkansas for Medical Sciences with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	31
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UAMS 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 AR, the home state for University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Health Specialties Professors	1,600	$146,380
Dental Hygienists	1,370	$71,090

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 Mmcnell under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.