Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at University of the Pacific

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

Pacific is located in Stockton, California and has a total student population of 6,263.

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.

Pacific Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

Pacific Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks dental hygiene programs across the country. The following shows how Pacific 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 Pacific 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
	3
	6
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	7
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	9
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools	65
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	80
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	85
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	256
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	288
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	296

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at Pacific

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

Pacific Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Dental Hygiene/Hygienist from Pacific in 2020-2021, 20% were men and 80% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 the Pacific with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

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

Pacific 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 CA, the home state for University of the Pacific.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Dental Hygienists	22,240	$100,830
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770

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 Thias under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.