Vocational Programs for Dental Hygienists Career

The role of Dental Hygienists is to administer oral hygiene care to patients.

The average annual wage of the occupations is $89,890 and $43 per hour. 1 vocational program could be taken for the Dental Hygienists career. Based on BLS data, a total of 211,630 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Dental Hygienists is $68,917. The average length of the programs is 93 hours and the average completion time is 19.05 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Dental Hygienists Career

The following 1 vocational program is required or helpful to prepare Dental Hygienists. Total 26 schools are offering certificate programs. If you want to check schools for bachelor's or graduate degrees, check Dental Hygiene/Hygienist page.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.


Related Occupations to Dental Hygienists Career

The following 19 occupations are related to Dental Hygienists.

Schools offering vocational programs for Dental Hygienists

The following 26 schools offer the vocational programs and certificate courses for preparing Dental Hygienists. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.

Chabot College

Hayward, CA public, 2-4 year
Tuition & Fees
2023-2024$1,150(in-state) $8,686(out-of-state)

Cypress College

Cypress, CA public, four-year
Tuition & Fees
2023-2024$1,146(in-state) $9,399(out-of-state)

Pasadena City College

Pasadena, CA public, 2-4 year
Tuition & Fees
2023-2024$1,180(in-state) $10,756(out-of-state)

Santa Rosa Junior College

Santa Rosa, CA public, 2-4 year
Tuition & Fees
2023-2024$1,318(in-state) $9,310(out-of-state)

Pueblo Community College

Pueblo, CO public, four-year
Tuition & Fees
2023-2024$4,883(in-state) $17,116(out-of-state)

Howard University

Washington, DC private (not-for-profit), four-year
Tuition & Fees
2023-2024$33,344

Lanier Technical College

Gainesville, GA public, 2-4 year
Tuition & Fees
2023-2024$3,716(in-state) $6,716(out-of-state)

Wiregrass Georgia Technical College

Valdosta, GA public, 2-4 year
Tuition & Fees
2023-2024$3,212(in-state) $5,612(out-of-state)

Bluegrass Community and Technical College

Lexington, KY public, 2-4 year
Tuition & Fees
2023-2024$4,706(in-state) $6,242(out-of-state)

West Kentucky Community and Technical College

Paducah, KY public, 2-4 year
Tuition & Fees
2023-2024$4,656(in-state) $6,192(out-of-state)
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