2025 Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota
6
Colleges in Minnesota
99
Associate Degrees
If you pursue a associate degree in
dental hygiene/hygienist, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #24 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 6 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 99 associate degrees in dental hygiene/hygienist to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Dental Hygiene/Hygienist School for Your Associate Degree
The dental hygiene associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality dental hygiene program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to dental hygiene/hygienist students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other dental hygiene/hygienist students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized dental hygiene/hygienist related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for dental hygiene/hygienist students working on their associate degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.