Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

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

UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and approximately 22,311 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.

UNM Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

UNM Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

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

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 UNM 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	11
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	28
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	48
	64
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	72
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools	73
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	195
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	250
	261
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	263

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at UNM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental hygiene majors at University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

UNM Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

Of the 57 dental hygiene students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UNM, about 5% were men and 95% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% more racial-ethnic minorities in its dental hygiene bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	29
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UNM 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 NM, the home state for University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Health Specialties Professors	1,300	$150,170
Dental Hygienists	1,040	$75,860

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 PerryPlanet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.