Dental hygiene programs by state
50 states + DCLooking for dental hygiene programs near you? Start with your state. If you live near a state line, check your neighbors too: each state page links to nearby states.
- Alabama3 programs · 3 schools
- Alaska1 program · 1 school
- Arizona7 programs · 7 schools
- Arkansas2 programs · 2 schools
- California28 programs · 26 schools
- Colorado5 programs · 5 schools
- Connecticut6 programs · 4 schools
- Delaware1 program · 1 school
- Florida23 programs · 23 schools
- Georgia16 programs · 15 schools
- Hawaii2 programs · 2 schools
- Idaho4 programs · 4 schools
- Illinois14 programs · 14 schools
- Indiana6 programs · 5 schools
- Iowa6 programs · 6 schools
- Kansas5 programs · 5 schools
- Kentucky6 programs · 5 schools
- Louisiana3 programs · 3 schools
- Maine3 programs · 2 schools
- Maryland7 programs · 7 schools
- Massachusetts9 programs · 8 schools
- Michigan13 programs · 13 schools
- Minnesota10 programs · 10 schools
- Mississippi5 programs · 5 schools
- Missouri6 programs · 6 schools
- Montana1 program · 1 school
- Nebraska2 programs · 2 schools
- Nevada3 programs · 2 schools
- New Hampshire1 program · 1 school
- New Jersey5 programs · 5 schools
- New Mexico4 programs · 4 schools
- New York13 programs · 10 schools
- North Carolina13 programs · 13 schools
- North Dakota1 program · 1 school
- Ohio13 programs · 13 schools
- Oklahoma3 programs · 3 schools
- Oregon6 programs · 6 schools
- Pennsylvania14 programs · 13 schools
- Rhode Island1 program · 1 school
- South Carolina6 programs · 6 schools
- South Dakota1 program · 1 school
- Tennessee10 programs · 10 schools
- Texas28 programs · 27 schools
- Utah7 programs · 6 schools
- Vermont2 programs · 1 school
- Virginia6 programs · 6 schools
- Washington13 programs · 10 schools
- Washington, DCNo programs · see nearby
- West Virginia4 programs · 3 schools
- Wisconsin8 programs · 8 schools
- Wyoming3 programs · 3 schools
Associate or bachelor's degree?
Every program listed here prepares you for a first license. What matters most: accreditation, schedule, and cost. Averages below are from ADEA.
Most common
Associate degree
280 programs
About 2 years (84 credit hours) after prerequisites, usually at a community or technical college. It's the typical entry point.
Longer path
Bachelor's degree
77 programs
About 4 years (120 credit hours). Useful if you want public health, teaching, research, or a master's later.
Less common
Certificate
2 programs
A few schools train new hygienists in a certificate program. You still take the same board exams for your license.
Already licensed? We list 2 schools whose only dental hygiene offering is degree completion (RDH to bachelor's) on their state pages, labeled "Degree completion for licensed hygienists." Choosing between programs? Read how to choose a dental hygiene program. Most states require a program accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) for licensure, so confirm each program on CODA's program finder.
Where this list comes from
Updated September 2026Schools and degree levels come from IPEDS completions data for dental hygiene (CIP 51.0602, awards from July to June, 2023–24): every school that reported a dental hygiene program to the U.S. Department of Education. We check each questionable listing against the school's official program page. Closed programs, pre-hygiene transfer tracks, graduate-only degrees, and post-degree certificates are left out, and program cities are corrected where a school teaches dental hygiene at a branch campus. Tuition and fees are IPEDS figures for 2023–24, for the whole school rather than the dental hygiene program. Career colleges that price by program report the whole program's cost instead. School websites come from the College Scorecard. Brand-new programs may not appear until they report to IPEDS.