Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at University of Wyoming

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

UW is located in Laramie, Wyoming and has a total student population of 11,829.

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.

UW Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

UW Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks dental hygiene programs across the country. The following shows how UW 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 UW 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	19
	24
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	26
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	49
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	62
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	63
	88
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	170
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	185
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	237

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at UW

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

UW Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

Of the 19 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Dental Hygiene/Hygienist from UW in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene at UW 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 Wyoming with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UW 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 WY, the home state for University of Wyoming.

Occupation	Jobs in WY	Average Salary in WY
Dental Hygienists	440	$69,620
Health Specialties Professors	170	$80,610

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 ProgWork1 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.