2022 Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 6,708 people earned their degree in dental hygiene/hygienist, making the major the 96th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 482 dental hygiene/hygienist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 32 dental hygiene/hygienist graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in dental hygiene/hygienist. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent dental hygiene/hygienist programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the dental hygiene/hygienist program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The dental hygiene school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dental Hygiene/Hygienist (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

University of Bridgeport

Bridgeport, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$21,686 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Bridgeport. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Bridgeport is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UBridgeport, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Bridgeport are $21,686, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at University of Bridgeport

#2

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$23,280 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 19 diplomas to qualified masters’s dental hygiene students in 2019-2020.

MCPHS University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences are $23,280, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Dental Hygiene/Hygienist (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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