Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

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

U-M is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and approximately 47,907 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.

U-M Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

U-M Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the dental hygiene progam at U-M compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The dental hygiene major at U-M 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 Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	18
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	34
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	41
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	73
	75
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	76
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools	80
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	271
	279
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	282

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at U-M

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental hygiene majors at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.

U-M Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 48 dental hygiene majors earned their bachelor's degree from U-M. Of these graduates, 6% were men and 94% were women. The typical dental hygiene bachelor's degree program is made up of only 5% men. So male students are more repesented at U-M since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene at U-M 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 Michigan - Ann Arbor with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	32
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

U-M 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 MI, the home state for University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Dental Hygienists	9,510	$64,130
Health Specialties Professors	5,440	$131,020

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 Dwight Burdette under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.