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Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Westmoreland County Community College

If you plan to study dental hygiene/hygienist, take a look at what Westmoreland County Community College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Westmoreland College is located in Youngwood, Pennsylvania and approximately 4,369 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 18 students received their associate's degree in dental hygiene.

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.

Westmoreland College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Dental Hygiene

Westmoreland College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Rankings

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Dental Hygiene Student Demographics at Westmoreland College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the dental hygiene majors at Westmoreland County Community College.

Westmoreland College Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Associate’s Program

100% Women

6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of dental hygiene associate's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in dental hygiene at Westmoreland College are white. Around 94% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Westmoreland County Community College with a associate'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	1

Dental Assisting/Assistant

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 PA, the home state for Westmoreland County Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Health Specialties Professors	12,420	$95,160
Dental Hygienists	9,640	$67,010

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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