Midwestern State University Dental Hygiene Program: Pass Rate, Jobs and Local Pay

How Graduates Do

CODA requires every accredited program to publish the same outcome measures, so they can be compared program to program. ²

Graduates who passed the National Board Dental Hygiene Examination, as the program publishes it. CODA does not require programs to post a standard set of outcomes, so many Texas programs publish none, and those that do differ in years and detail. Job placement: graduates employed as dental hygienists, as the program reports it.

What It Costs

Midwestern State University does not publish a total cost for this program. The only posted cost estimate is for 2021-2022 and excludes tuition and books Ask the program for its cost sheet; contact details are on its page.

For comparison only, not this program's price: the 13 Texas dental hygiene programs that publish a cost range from $4,290 to $29,729, with a median of $13,670.

Jobs and Pay in the Wichita Falls Area

About 40 dental hygienists work in the Wichita Falls area. The middle half earn between $79,810 and $95,220 a year; new graduates usually start toward the lower end. Texas expects about 1,370 openings a year statewide through 2034, from new positions, retirements and people changing jobs, with the number of jobs growing 21.8% (from 15,550 to 18,950).

Program Facts

Credential

BS

Length

Data coming soon

Starts

Fall (18 clinical positions; requirements due April 1)

Before you apply

Five science and math courses plus core courses, 3.0 GPA, and 20 hours of dental office observation.

Entrance exam

TEAS or HESI A2, reading and English combined 75%

Accreditation

CODA, Approval without reporting requirements (CODA Summer 2026 actions)

Leads to

National Board Dental Hygiene Examination (NBDHE), a clinical licensing exam and a Texas license