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Massachusetts Dental Hygienist Schools and Career Information

Career Information for Dental Hygienists in Massachusetts

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Fast Facts for Dental Hygienists in Massachusetts

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Leominster, Barnstable, and New Bedford
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Boston, Brockton, and Taunton
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Boston, Springfield, and Worcester

Salaries for Dental Hygienists in Massachusetts

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Lowell, Boston, and Haverhill. (See table at bottom of page)

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Massachusetts Dental Hygienist Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Boston UniversityBostonDoctorate & First Professional32,053
Bristol Community CollegeFall RiverAssociate7,388
Cape Cod Community CollegeWest BarnstableAssociate4,299
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesBostonDoctorate3,626
Middlesex Community College BedfordBedfordAssociate8,124
Mount Ida CollegeNewtonBachelor1,429
Mount Wachusett Community CollegeGardnerAssociate4,147
Northeastern UniversityBostonDoctorate & First Professional24,434
Quinsigamond Community CollegeWorcesterAssociate6,654
Springfield Technical Community CollegeSpringfieldAssociate6,074

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Dental Hygienists

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Massachusetts. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Dental Hygienists

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Dental Hygienists relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

MASSACHUSETTS

   
Leominster170$73,6502.9
Barnstable310$74,1202.5
New Bedford190$67,9502.5
Pittsfield80$66,8102.2
Lawrence140$70,1302.1
Haverhill180$78,6101.9
Worcester600$67,7501.9
Lowell270$79,1801.8
Springfield640$67,7801.6
Framingham300$77,3001.5
Taunton60$72,6201.1
Brockton120$73,0101.1
Boston2,080$79,0100.9
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