2025 Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools in Kentucky
4Colleges in Kentucky
183Dental Hygiene Degrees Awarded
Ranked #98 in popularity, dental hygiene/hygienist is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools in Kentucky ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 183 degrees in dental hygiene/hygienist annually.
Your choice of dental hygiene/hygienist school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Dental Hygiene/Hygienist School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Kentucky.
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Best Schools for Dental Hygiene/Hygienist in Kentucky
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the dental hygiene degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Louisville is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in dental hygiene/hygienist. UofL is a very large public university located in the large city of Louisville. A Best Colleges rank of #421 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UofL is a great university overall.
There were about 28 dental hygiene/hygienist students who graduated with this degree at UofL in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in dental hygiene/hygienist needs to look into Western Kentucky University. WKU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Bowling Green. A Best Colleges rank of #851 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means WKU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 29 dental hygiene/hygienist students who graduated with this degree at WKU in the most recent data year.
Bluegrass Community and Technical College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in dental hygiene/hygienist. Bluegrass Community and Technical College is a fairly large public college located in the large city of Lexington. This college ranks 14th out of 39 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were roughly 88 dental hygiene/hygienist students who graduated with this degree at Bluegrass Community and Technical College in the most recent year we have data available.
Big Sandy Community and Technical College is a great choice for students interested in a degree in dental hygiene/hygienist. Big Sandy Community and Technical College is a small public college located in the town of Prestonsburg. This college ranks 38th out of 39 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were roughly 33 dental hygiene/hygienist students who graduated with this degree at Big Sandy Community and Technical College in the most recent data year.
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).
Your choice of dental hygiene/hygienist school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Dental Hygiene/Hygienist School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
