2025 Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools in Maryland

Dental Hygiene/Hygienist is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #98 most popular major 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 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools in Maryland ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 116 degrees in dental hygiene/hygienist annually.

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Choosing a Great Dental Hygiene/Hygienist School

The dental hygiene program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Dental Hygiene/Hygienist rankings. We derive our Best Overall Dental Hygiene/Hygienist School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Pick Your Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Degree Level

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 the Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools in Maryland. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Dental Hygiene/Hygienist in Maryland

The schools below may not offer all types of dental hygiene degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Maryland Schools in Dental Hygiene

1

Baltimore City Community College
Baltimore, MD

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

7th Most Popular In MD

Baltimore City Community College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in dental hygiene/hygienist. Baltimore City Community College is a small public college located in the city of Baltimore. A Best Colleges rank of #315 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Baltimore City Community College is a great college overall.

There were roughly 2 dental hygiene/hygienist students who graduated with this degree at Baltimore City Community College in the most recent year we have data available.

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2

University of Maryland - Baltimore
Baltimore, MD

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4th Most Popular In MD

University of Maryland - Baltimore is a good decision for students interested in a degree in dental hygiene/hygienist. Located in the large city of Baltimore, UMB is a public university with a medium-sized student population.

There were roughly 13 dental hygiene/hygienist students who graduated with this degree at UMB in the most recent data year.

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3

Hagerstown Community College
Hagerstown, MD

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

3rd Most Popular In MD

It is hard to beat Hagerstown Community College if you wish to pursue a degree in dental hygiene/hygienist. HCC is a medium-sized public college located in the medium-sized suburb of Hagerstown. This college ranks 16th out of 35 schools for overall quality in the state of Maryland.

There were about 15 dental hygiene/hygienist students who graduated with this degree at HCC in the most recent data year.

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4

Community College of Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

5th Most Popular In MD

33 Dental Hygiene Degrees Awarded

Any student who is interested in dental hygiene/hygienist needs to check out Community College of Baltimore County. CCBC is a large public college located in the large suburb of Baltimore. A Best Colleges rank of #414 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means CCBC is a great college overall.

There were roughly 33 dental hygiene/hygienist students who graduated with this degree at CCBC in the most recent year we have data available.

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5

Allegany College of Maryland
Cumberland, MD

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

1st Most Popular In MD

Allegany College of Maryland is a small public college located in the remote town of Cumberland. This college ranks 25th out of 35 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.

There were approximately 19 dental hygiene/hygienist students who graduated with this degree at Allegany College of Maryland in the most recent year we have data available.

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6

Howard Community College
Columbia, MD

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

6th Most Popular In MD

Located in the midsize city of Columbia, HCC is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 15th out of 35 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.

There were roughly 9 dental hygiene/hygienist students who graduated with this degree at HCC in the most recent data year.

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7

Fortis College - Landover
Landover, MD

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

2nd Most Popular In MD

Fortis College - Landover is a small private for-profit college located in the suburb of Landover.

There were about 25 dental hygiene/hygienist students who graduated with this degree at Fortis College - Landover in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	1,026	428
Pennsylvania	978	348
New Jersey	614	238
Delaware	345	20

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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.

Most Popular Majors Related to Dental Hygiene

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Dental Assisting/Assistant	184

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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.