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2022 Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
241 Degrees Awarded
$10,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

Dental Hygiene/Hygienist is the 96th most popular major in the country with 6,708 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 778 dental hygiene/hygienist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 241 dental hygiene/hygienist graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in dental hygiene/hygienist. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great dental hygiene/hygienist programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the dental hygiene/hygienist program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree dental hygiene students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Dental Hygiene/Hygienist (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Woman’s University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Denton, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 30 degrees to qualified bachelors’s dental hygiene students in 2019-2020.

TWU also made our “Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $7,050 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Dental Hygiene students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend TWU.

Read more about Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at TWU

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Texas A&M College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 27 bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree dental hygiene students whose families make $30-$48k list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M University - College Station is $13,270 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Dental Hygiene students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Texas A&M College Station Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Report

#3

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Flagstaff, Arizona, this large public school handed out 58 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s dental hygiene students in 2019-2020.

NAU also took the #5 spot in our “Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northern Arizona University is $9,799 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Dental Hygiene students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full NAU Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Report

#4

Tyler Junior College

Tyler, Texas
#8 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tyler Junior College landed the #4 spot on the list. Tyler Junior College is a fairly large school located in Tyler, Texas that handed out 8 bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees in 2019-2020.

Tyler Junior College also made our “Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #8. The estimated yearly cost for Tyler Junior College is $8,737 for southwest region bachelor’s degree dental hygiene students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at Tyler Junior College

#5

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Dental Hygiene Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s dental hygiene degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

UNM also took the #7 spot in our “Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UNM is $14,458 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Dental Hygiene students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Dental Hygiene/Hygienist at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

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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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