Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center

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

UOHSC is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and approximately 3,116 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.

UOHSC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

UOHSC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks dental hygiene programs across the country. The following shows how UOHSC 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 UOHSC 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
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	5
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	6
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	9
	12
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	22
	43
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	53
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	55
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	183

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at UOHSC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental hygiene majors at University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center.

UOHSC Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 44 students earned a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene from UOHSC. About 98% of these graduates were women and the other 2% were men.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene at UOHSC 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 Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	26
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

UOHSC 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 OK, the home state for University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
Dental Hygienists	2,310	$73,990
Health Specialties Professors	1,080	$72,300

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 Nightryder84 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.