2025 Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools in New Mexico
4Colleges in New Mexico
80Dental Hygiene Degrees Awarded
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.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools in New Mexico ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 80 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. 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.
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.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools in New Mexico list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Dental Hygiene/Hygienist in New Mexico
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.
Any student who is interested in dental hygiene/hygienist has to take a look at University of New Mexico - Main Campus. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #608 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UNM is a great university overall.
There were about 33 dental hygiene/hygienist students who graduated with this degree at UNM in the most recent year we have data available.
San Juan College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in dental hygiene/hygienist. Located in the rural area of Farmington, SJC is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 9th out of 24 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were approximately 11 dental hygiene/hygienist students who graduated with this degree at SJC in the most recent data year.
New Mexico State University - Dona Ana is a good choice for students interested in a degree in dental hygiene/hygienist. Located in the midsize city of Las Cruces, NMSU Dona Ana is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 8th out of 24 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were roughly 17 dental hygiene/hygienist students who graduated with this degree at NMSU Dona Ana in the most recent year we have data available.
Pima Medical Institute - Albuquerque is a good option for students pursuing a degree in dental hygiene/hygienist. Located in the city of Albuquerque, PMI Albuquerque is a private for-profit school with a small student population.
There were approximately 19 dental hygiene/hygienist students who graduated with this degree at PMI Albuquerque in the most recent year we have data available.
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. 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.
