Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at University of Maryland - Baltimore

If you are interested in studying dental hygiene/hygienist, you may want to check out the program at University of Maryland - Baltimore. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UMB is located in Baltimore, Maryland and approximately 7,137 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.

UMB Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

UMB Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks dental hygiene programs across the country. The following shows how UMB 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 UMB 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
	17
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	19
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	30
	55
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	63
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools	64
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	74
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	242
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	245
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	255

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at UMB

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

UMB Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

Of the 14 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in dental hygiene from UMB in 2021, 7% were men and 93% were women.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene at UMB are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Maryland - Baltimore with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UMB 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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland - Baltimore.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Dental Hygienists	3,670	$85,240

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 Acroterion under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.