2025 Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor's Degree Schools in Ohio

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene/hygienist, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #118 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Ohio to determine which ones were the best for dental hygiene/hygienist students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 65 bachelor's degrees in dental hygiene/hygienist to qualified students.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on dental hygiene/hygienist students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other dental hygiene/hygienist students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized dental hygiene/hygienist related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for dental hygiene/hygienist students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Bachelor's Degree Schools in Ohio list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Dental Hygiene/Hygienist in Ohio

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene/hygienist.

Top Ohio Schools for a Bachelor's in Dental Hygiene

1

Ohio State University - Main Campus
Columbus, OH

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

43 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Ohio State University - Main Campus if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene/hygienist. Ohio State is a very large public university located in the city of Columbus.More information about a bachelor’s in dental hygiene/hygienist from Ohio State University - Main Campus

2

Youngstown State University
Youngstown, OH

22 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Youngstown State University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene/hygienist. Located in the small city of Youngstown, Youngstown State University is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in dental hygiene/hygienist from Youngstown State University

Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	629	96
Illinois	558	44
Indiana	535	107

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Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Related Rankings by Major

One of 3 majors within the Dental Support Services area of study, Dental Hygiene/Hygienist has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.