2025 Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Associate Degree Schools in Oregon

If you pursue a associate degree in dental hygiene/hygienist, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #24 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Oregon to determine which ones were the best for dental hygiene/hygienist students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 55 associate degrees in dental hygiene/hygienist to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Dental Hygiene/Hygienist School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of dental hygiene/hygienist for getting your associate degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on dental hygiene/hygienist students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of dental hygiene/hygienist students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized dental hygiene/hygienist related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for dental hygiene/hygienist students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Associate Degree Schools in Oregon list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Dental Hygiene/Hygienist in Oregon

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in dental hygiene/hygienist.

Top Oregon Schools for an Associate in Dental Hygiene

1

Portland Community College
Portland, OR

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

19 Annual Graduates

Portland Community College is a wonderful option for students pursuing an associate degree in dental hygiene/hygienist. Located in the city of Portland, Portland Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in dental hygiene/hygienist from Portland Community College

2

Lane Community College
Eugene, OR

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

19 Annual Graduates

Lane Community College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in dental hygiene/hygienist. Located in the large suburb of Eugene, Lane Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a associate in dental hygiene/hygienist from Lane Community College

3

Mt. Hood Community College
Gresham, OR

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in dental hygiene/hygienist needs to take a look at Mt. Hood Community College. MHCC is a moderately-sized public college located in the suburb of Gresham.More information about a associate in dental hygiene/hygienist from Mt. Hood Community College

Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	405	502
Washington	288	108
Nevada	185	25
Hawaii	79	15

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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.