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Dental hygiene programs in Texas
Texas has 22 accredited campuses awarding dental hygiene credentials. If you finish and work as a dental hygienist in Texas, expect to start around $71,530–$85,280 and reach a median of $99,240 with experience; the top quarter earn $107,320 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Texas). Graduates of these Texas programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $55,970 in their first year, against $51,231 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What dental hygienists earn in Texas
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 16,380 employed in Texas. National median: $98,100.
Campuses in Texas, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: AmarilloAustinBeaumontBeevilleBig SpringBrenhamCorpus ChristiDallasEl PasoFort WorthGrand PrairieHoustonMcKinneySan AntonioTempleThe WoodlandsTylerWacoWharton
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pima Medical Institute-Houston | Houston | for-profit | 34 | $68,702 | $32,498 | 71% | $26,251 |
| Austin Community College District | Austin | Public | 25 | $65,149 | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Concorde Career College-Dallas | Dallas | for-profit | 22 | $61,896 | $25,250 | 60% | $30,222 |
| Tarrant County College District | Fort Worth | Public | 24 | $61,647 | not reported | 34% | not reported |
| Houston Community College | Houston | Public | 12 | $59,821 | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Wharton County Junior College | Wharton | Public | 12 | $59,148 | not reported | 27% | not reported |
| Blinn College District | Brenham | Public | 14 | $58,104 | not reported | 11% | not reported |
| Concorde Career College-San Antonio | San Antonio | for-profit | 30 | $55,970 | $25,250 | 69% | $31,846 |
| Lamar Institute of Technology | Beaumont | Public | 24 | $53,372 | not reported | 31% | not reported |
| Amarillo College | Amarillo | Public | 30 | $52,905 | $12,000 | 32% | not reported |
| Tyler Junior College | Tyler | Public | 29 | $52,261 | $13,000 | not reported | not reported |
| Howard College | Big Spring | Public | 12 | $51,215 | not reported | 35% | not reported |
| Collin County Community College District | McKinney | Public | 14 | $49,766 | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Texas State Technical College | Waco | Public | 31 | $49,439 | $12,955 | 46% | not reported |
| Del Mar College | Corpus Christi | Public | 21 | $43,430 | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Dallas College | Dallas | Public | 34 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Concorde Career College-Grand Prairie | Grand Prairie | for-profit | 31 | not reported | not reported | 55% | $35,571 |
| Coastal Bend College | Beeville | Public | 27 | not reported | not reported | 25% | not reported |
| El Paso Community College | El Paso | Public | 16 | not reported | not reported | 24% | not reported |
| Lone Star College System | The Woodlands | Public | 16 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Temple College | Temple | Public | 11 | not reported | not reported | 32% | not reported |
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | Houston | Public | 2 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.
Ranked by median earnings of this program's graduates one year after completion (College Scorecard field-of-study, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026); campuses without a reported figure follow, by credentials awarded. "Program debt" is the median federal loan debt for graduates of this program at this campus. Completion is the campus-wide 150%-of-time rate. "Not reported" means the federal file suppresses the value for privacy.