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Becoming a dental hygienist is a very lucrative career with a great opportunity to earn a great deal through your career. As the profession carries a high wage average, there is also a high cost for completing the education required to excel within the field, which is a lot more than most can afford. For this reason, scholarships for dental hygienist school are offered through colleges, universities, and state and federal agencies and entities as well. These entities could range from nonprofit to for-profit organizations, foundations, trusts, and much more. With a diligent search, you could definitely find many scholarships you qualify for that can combine to provide a great amount towards the education you need.
College Scholarships
Upon enrolling in an accredited college or university, the first thing you want to do to find dental hygiene scholarships offered by the school you are attending. These could be departmental scholarships that can offer anywhere $100 to as much as $5,000 or more with several awards, and some even offering loan forgiveness and tuition reimbursement. These scholarships go directly to the school where they can be applied to your tuition and fees, with any excess credit in your account offered to you for material and out-of-pocket costs. Available awards by school include:
- Alice K. Weed Endowment for Dental Hygiene
- Dr. Deborah O. Strand Dental Hygiene Endowment
- Dorothy Wootton Scholarship
- Hill Family Scholarships
- Northeast Delta Dental Foundation Scholarships
State and Federal Level Scholarships
Looking outside of the school is an excellent way to find several dental scholarships that are great in supplementing a financial aid package within any school. There are various ways to find these state and Federal level dental hygienist scholarships including through the internet and your local agencies. One great source of these types of scholarships is the American Dental Hygienists’ Association Institute for Oral Health (ADHA), which awards can range from $1,000 to $2,000. Other state and Federal level awards include:
- Sigma Phi Alpha Undergraduate Scholarship
- Colgate “Bright Smiles, Bright Futures” Minority Scholarship
- Crest Oral-B Dental Hygiene Scholarships
- Dr. Harold Hillenbrand Scholarship
Some, which are state specific, only offer dental school scholarships to students attending in the specific state. These awards include:
- Virginia’s Alice Hinchcliffe Williams, RDH, MS, Graduate Scholarship
- California’s Wilma Motley Memorial California Merit Scholarship
These scholarships and many others have varying qualifying criteria, with different methods to apply and different award amounts.
There are several of these scholarships for dental hygiene school that are offered through various institutions based on the subject of study, financial need, academic merit, or even minority status. Always remember to start at the school’s financial aid office as it can offer some great choices that you can qualify for just based on financial status. Outside scholarships then follow as a great way to add up your funding before you have to seek out costly school loans that could lead to great debt after you graduate, which is why these scholarships are so valuable.
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