Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at West Virginia University

Every dental hygiene/hygienist school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the dental hygiene program at West Virginia University stacks up to those at other schools.

WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and approximately 26,269 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.

WVU Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

WVU Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

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

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 WVU 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	47
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools	50
	58
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	60
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	75
Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	131
Most Popular Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	162
	232
Best Value Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools	239
Most Focused Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Trade Schools	278

Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at WVU

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

WVU Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Program

The dental hygiene program at WVU awarded 21 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 5% of these degrees went to men with the other 95% going to women.

About 95% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene at WVU 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 West Virginia University with a bachelor's in dental hygiene.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	20
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WVU 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 WV, the home state for West Virginia University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Dental Hygienists	1,080	$57,740

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 Swimmerguy269 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.