Distance Learning Degree Completion
The following colleges offer B.S.D.H. completion
100% via a distance learning option.

Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA
web site: http://www.llu.edu/dentistry/dentalhygiene/degree-comp.page
Contact:  Michelle Hurlbutt-Interim Program Director- degreecompletion@llu.edu
Phone:  909-558-4222 extension 48277
Program Description: B.S. in Dental Hygiene offered entirely online and is designed to guide students in developing the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values necessary for positions of responsibility in a variety of healthcare, educational, research and community settings.  This 18-month BSDH curriculum is offered in two tracks which will enable the graduate to enter the fields of dental hygiene education or public/community dental health services.

East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee
Website: http://www.etsu.edu
Contact: Deborah Dotson, RDH, MA dotsond@etsu.edu
Phone:(423) 439-5232
Fax: (423) 439-5710
Program Description: The Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene online program makes it possible for dental hygienists with an associate's degree to return to school and earn a bachelor's degree as they continue practicing their profession in their own communities. Students taking advantage of the program live as close to ETSU as Jonesborough and as far away as Hawaii.

New York University College of Dentistry
Website: www.nyu.edu/dental/academicprograms
Contact: Cheryl Westphal, RDH, MS cmw1@nyu.edu
Su-yan Barrow, RDH, MPH
Phone: (212) 998-9393
Fax: (212) 995-4593
Program Description: Online Baccalaureate program, Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene. Track B degree completion program provides advanced education for dental health care providers who may wish to prepare for a career in education, research, health care management and public health or to broaden their background by completing their college education.

Northern Arizona University
Website: http://janus.ucc.nau.edu
Contact: Marge Reveal - Program Director - Marjorie.Reveal@nau.edu
Phone: (928) 523-0520
Fax: (928) 523-6195
Description of Program: The BSDH degree completion program targets dental hygienists who want to earn their B.S. degree in dental hygiene from home. To receive your B.S. degree, you must earn at least 30 hours through NAU, of which at least 18 must be at or above the 300 level. In addition, at least 30 hours of the total coursework you use for your degree, must be at or above the 300 level.

Oregon Institute of Technology
Website: www.oit.edu
Contact: Diana Evans, Distance Education - evansd@oit.edu
Phone: (541) 885-1676
Fax: (541) 885-1654
Description of Program: The O.I.T. on-line degree-completion program enables professional dental hygienists to complete a Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene without giving up their current positions to continue their schooling. The program integrates dental hygiene and management courses with a general-education core.

Pennsylvania College of Technology
Website: http://www.pct.edu/schools/hs/dental/degreeCompletion
Contact: School of Health Sciences, Dental Hygiene Dept. kmorr@pct.edu
Phone: (570) 320-8007
Description of Program: The program is designed to prepare licensed dental hygienists to contribute to the improvement of oral health in a rapidly changing health care environment.
**Please note this program does require eligibility for Pennsylvania licensure.

University of Bridgeport-CT
Website: www.bridgeport.edu
Contact: Wendy M. Garcia, RDH, MSEd, Program Coordinator, wendyg@bridgeport.edu
Phone: (203) 576-4141
University Fax: (203) 576-4220
Description of Program: B.S. in Dental Hygiene is offered entirely online. Courses are designed to be centered in terms of scheduling, duration, learning materials, assignments, and interaction between faulty and students. Online courses follow an accelerated 8-week course allowing students to earn their degree at a full-time pace while still maintaining their professional work schedule.

University of Missouri Kansas City
BS Degree Completion Program in Dental Hygiene
Kansas City, MO
Distance learning option
http://dentistry.umkc.edu/Future_Students/DHdegreecompletion.shtml

St. Petersburg College-FL
Website: http://www.spcollege.edu/bachelors/dental/
Contact: Sandra D'Amato-Palumbo - Program Director
College Phone: (727) 341-3406
Description of Program: Students will be accepted to the program each term. Courses will only be delivered online in a modmester(short) term. Each course will last six to eight weeks. Students can participate anytime of the day or night but will be required to participate about five days per week. Students take one course at a time. Approximately one week after one course is finished the next will begin.

Masters' Degree Programs

ADHA Link To Masters' Degree Programs

UCSF Masters in Dental Hygiene, projected to be offered in Fall of 2011.
Check for Information at http://dentistry.ucsf.edu/ in Dec. 2010.