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

Dental Hygiene/Hygienist is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #118 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Connecticut to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of dental hygiene/hygienist. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 53 bachelor's degrees in dental hygiene/hygienist during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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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 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 bachelor's degree.

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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 Connecticut list to help you make the college decision.

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

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene/hygienist.

Top Connecticut Schools for a Bachelor's in Dental Hygiene

1

University of New Haven
West Haven, CT

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

23 Annual Graduates

University of New Haven is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene/hygienist. Located in the large suburb of West Haven, University of New Haven is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in dental hygiene/hygienist from University of New Haven

2

University of Bridgeport
Bridgeport, CT

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

30 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene/hygienist has to look into University of Bridgeport. Located in the city of Bridgeport, UBridgeport is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in dental hygiene/hygienist from University of Bridgeport

Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	581	90
Rhode Island	307	2
Vermont	289	5
Maine	281	60

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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.