Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at University of South Dakota

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

USD is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and approximately 9,459 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.

USD Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

USD Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

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

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 USD 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 Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	29
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	31
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	32
	47
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	59
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	74
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	132
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	135
	177

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at USD

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

USD Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 students earned a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene from USD. About 97% of these graduates were women and the other 3% were men.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene at USD 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 South Dakota with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	33
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

USD 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 SD, the home state for University of South Dakota.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
Dental Hygienists	650	$64,580
Health Specialties Professors	160	$95,150

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.