 The Utah College of Dental Hygiene offers an accelerated Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene (BSDH) degree in only 20 months. The BSDH program requires a minimum of 122 credit hours, which includes 33 hours of prerequisite general education coursework. The curriculum is structured into semesters. One credit hour equals fifteen hours of study for lecture components or thirty hours of study for laboratory, clinical and independent study components. Breaks are scheduled between all semesters. |
- Upcoming Class Start Dates: September 2025 and May 2026 - Applicants DO NOT need to have all of their prerequisite courses completed in order to apply, receive an interview, and be conditionally accepted into the dental hygiene class that is beginning in May 2026. | Applications are now open for the May 2026 start date. |
Give Kids A Smile 2025 Saturday, March 1st, 2025 the Utah College of Dental Hygiene will be holding the annual Utah County Give Kids A Smile (GKAS) dental event. Volunteer dentists and hygienists will be on-hand to provide exams and perform limited procedures for qualified children. To apply for care at the event, click the button above to be directed to the online application. Applications are due by February 20th, 2025. The Utah College of Dental Hygiene (UCDH) at Careers Unlimited was established in 2005 to provide accelerated dental hygiene education in the heart of Utah Valley. Since 2007 UCDH has graduated over 1000 dental hygienists! We believe this high graduation number demonstrates our ongoing record of being devoted to our students success in completing our program. Many of our graduates have worked, or are working, as registered dental hygienists (RDH) throughout the United States. At UCDH you can earn a Bachelor's Degree in Dental Hygiene (BSDH) from a private college in only 20 months*. This unique program is the only one of it's kind in Utah. The College currently has a 5:1 student to instructor clinical ratio.
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