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Wytheville Community College

Dental Hygiene/Hygienist (51.0602)
Associate's Degree - Applied
Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes




Dental Assisting
Program Status: Active/Approved to Enroll Students and Confer Degrees
Degree Title: AAS
2010 CIP Code: 510602

Credit HoursProgram Offered
On-Campus:YesYes
Off-Campus:YesNo

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees:  09/1988
Enrollments and Awards
Academic YearFall HeadcountAnnual FTEDegrees
2019-20362912
2020-21413317
2021-22372813
2022-23403315
2023-24443418

Average time-to-completion in yearsAverage credits-to-completionAverage monthly earnings six months after graduation
3.4057




The table to the right provides the degree award history of each the last five years, disaggregated by state residency. This breakout may may help explain why a relatively low percentage of program completers may appear to be working in Virginia.



Program Graduates by Domicile
YearIn-StateOut-of-StateTotal
2019-2012012
2020-2114317
2021-2211213
2022-2314115
2023-2418018
Five Year Summary69675
Distribution by Gender and Race/Ethnicity within Five-year Totals,


YearForeign/ InternationalAfrican Am. or Black (NH)Am. Indian/ Native Am. (NH)Asian/ Pacific Islander (NH)HispanicWhite, Caucasian Am. (NH)Multi-Race (NH)Unknown/ Unreported (NH)Total
Sum of the Last 5 Years020075168175



Wages Earned in 2020

The table below shows the wage data for the select program and places it in the context of all wages at the same degree level of this institution by graduates with at least three (3) quarters of employment.





Post-Completion Wage Outcomes, Earnings in
Graduation YearGrads (n)Grads w/Wages (n)25th PercentileMedian Wage75th Percentile
2012-13 (10 years)840%
2014-15 (8 years)940%
2017-18 (5 years)880%
2019-20 (3 years)1540%



Student Debt of Graduates
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Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation
Borrowers (n)Borrowers (%)25th PercentileMedianMean75th Percentile
2015-16 to 2019-202836.4%$ 5,198$ 9,983$ 10,870$ 13,343
2016-17 to 2020-212937.2%$ 4,455$ 7,415$ 8,010$ 11,874
2017-18 to 2021-222534.7%$ 4,723$ 7,500$ 8,772$ 11,874
2018-19 to 2022-232838.4%$ 4,837$ 7,918$ 10,550$ 12,438
Note: Student borrowing at graduation, excludes PLUS loans, in five-year rollups. Includes all known institutionally-processed borrowing occuring at all public and nonprofit institutions in Virginia. Debt accrued outside Virginia in prior postsecondary activity is not available.
Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation, Including Parent-PLUS and Grad-PLUS
Borrowers (n)Borrowers (%)25th PercentileMedianMean75th Percentile
2015-16 to 2019-202836.4%$ 5,198$ 9,983$ 11,888$ 13,343
2016-17 to 2020-212937.2%$ 4,723$ 7,500$ 9,205$ 11,874
2017-18 to 2021-222534.7%$ 4,950$ 7,918$ 10,157$ 11,874
2018-19 to 2022-232838.4%$ 5,197$ 8,166$ 12,394$ 12,438


More Details on Enrollment History.


More Details on Degree Awards History.


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