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Career Information for Dental Hygienists in Texas

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Fast Facts for Dental Hygienists in Texas

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Victoria, Texarkana, and Beaumont
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: McAllen, El Paso, and Amarillo
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio

Salaries for Dental Hygienists in Texas

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Austin, Killeen, and Fort Worth. (See table at bottom of page)

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Texas Dental Hygienist Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Amarillo CollegeAmarilloAssociate10,387
Austin Community College DistrictAustinAssociate33,508
Blinn CollegeBrenhamAssociate14,589
Coastal Bend CollegeBeevilleAssociate3,196
Colin CollegePlanoAssociate20,143
Del Mar CollegeCorpus ChristiAssociate11,167
El Paso Community CollegeEl PasoAssociate25,023
Howard CollegeBig SpringAssociate3,329
Lamar Institute of TechnologyBeaumontAssociate2,590
Lee CollegeBaytownAssociate5,856
Lone Star College SystemThe WoodlandsAssociate39,756
Midwestern State UniversityWichita FallsMasters6,027
Navarro CollegeCorsicanaAssociate7,560
Northeast Texas Community CollegeMount PleasantAssociate1,010
San Antonio CollegeSan AntonioAssociate19,819
Southwest Collegiate Institute for the DeafBig SpringAssociate119
Tarrant County CollegeFort WorthAssociate37,948
Temple CollegeTempleAssociate4,787
Texas A&M Health Science CenterCollege StationDoctorate1,432
Texas State Technical College HarlingenHarlingenAssociate4,957
Texas Woman's UniversityDentonDoctorate12,168
The University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHoustonDoctorate & First Professional3,774
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioSan AntonioDoctorate & First Professional2,868
Tyler Junior CollegeTylerAssociate8,217
Wharton County Junior CollegeWhartonAssociate5,892

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Dental Hygienists

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Texas. 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

TEXAS

   
Victoria70$54,8501.3
Texarkana80$51,4701.3
Beaumont230$60,9101.2
Longview130 1.1
Tyler120$56,4401.1
Odessa70$57,0301.1
Wichita Falls70$57,6801
College Station80$66,5900.9
San Antonio920$63,7700.8
Abilene60$66,5500.8
Corpus Christi180$54,6800.8
Dallas2,200$70,1600.8
Midland60$69,7800.8
Austin760$73,4900.7
Killeen110$73,1000.7
Fort Worth810$72,5100.7
Houston2,370$68,4900.7
Waco80$63,2900.7
Brownsville100$60,0400.6
Amarillo70$51,2900.6
El Paso170$50,9200.5
McAllen110$56,2600.4
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