Warren, MI (population: 133,470) has twenty-seven dental hygienist schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Madonna University, the highest ranked school in this group with a dental hygienist program, has a total student population of 4,211. It is the 365th highest ranked school in the USA and the 7th highest in the state of Michigan (#1 is Kalamazoo College).
Dental Hygienist students from Warren schools who go on to become dental hygienists, dental assistants, dental professionals, dental hygienistss, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 173,900 people working as dental hygienists alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $67,860. Also, Dentists specialists make on average $153,570 per year and there are about 5,010 of them employed in the US today.
Warren lies in Macomb county, which is one of the 62 counties in Michigan. Overall, the Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills Metropolitan area has 1,060,520 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.7% unemployment rate, $22.33/hr average worker wage, and a $46,440 average annual salary.
Of the 27 dental hygienist schools with a 100-mile radius of Warren, only 10 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Ross Medical Education Center-Ann Arbor comes out as the most expensive ($20,720/yr) for dental hygienist students, with Lorain County Community College as the lowest, reported at only $2,528/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Warren |
| Madison Heights | MI | - | 2 | 27.3656 | 17 | 3.8 miles |
| Ferndale | MI | - | 1 | 11.6923 | 4 | 5.7 miles |
| Sterling Heights | MI | 127,075 | 1 | 28.9156 | 3 | 6.2 miles |
| Royal Oak | MI | 56,742 | 1 | 28.1635 | 4 | 6.3 miles |
| Saint Clair Shores | MI | 59,971 | 1 | 11.5792 | 3 | 7.1 miles |
| Detroit | MI | 901,160 | 11 | 18.127 | 476 | 8.4 miles |
| Clinton Township | MI | - | 2 | 7.68254 | 63 | 8.8 miles |
| Southfield | MI | 75,151 | 8 | 20.9451 | 96 | 11.8 miles |
| Bloomfield Township | MI | 41,179 | 0 | - | 0 | 13.7 miles |
| Rochester Hills | MI | 68,883 | 1 | 23.9536 | 51 | 14.1 miles |
| Dearborn | MI | 82,453 | 3 | 34.0016 | 184 | 15.5 miles |
| Dearborn Heights | MI | 49,619 | 0 | - | 0 | 16.5 miles |
| Auburn Hills | MI | - | 2 | 5.8467 | 61 | 17.2 miles |
| Farmington Hills | MI | 78,114 | 1 | 0.013626 | 0 | 17.9 miles |
| West Bloomfield Township | MI | 71,474 | 0 | - | 0 | 18.7 miles |
| Westland | MI | 75,634 | 1 | 16.8264 | 4 | 21.4 miles |
| Taylor | MI | 58,134 | 1 | 26.0382 | 3 | 21.8 miles |
| Waterford | MI | 75,011 | 1 | 16.3502 | 6 | 21.8 miles |
| Novi | MI | 54,922 | 1 | 10.8219 | 16 | 23.5 miles |
| Canton | MI | 94,521 | 12 | 27.6578 | 316 | 26.1 miles |
| Ann Arbor | MI | 113,880 | 5 | 27.5859 | 183 | 38.6 miles |
| Port Huron | MI | - | 5 | 17.4204 | 129 | 45.3 miles |
| Flint | MI | 109,751 | 7 | 25.2834 | 318 | 49.7 miles |
| Sylvania | OH | - | 2 | 12.7922 | 52 | 63.8 miles |
| Toledo | OH | 288,207 | 7 | 20.3804 | 301 | 64.0 miles |
| Maumee | OH | - | 2 | 16.7962 | 34 | 71.7 miles |
| East Lansing | MI | 45,575 | 2 | 19.4594 | 4 | 75.8 miles |
| Lansing | MI | 112,579 | 5 | 18.9833 | 209 | 78.9 miles |
| Saginaw | MI | 54,388 | 2 | 17.8155 | 7 | 79.4 miles |
| Spring Arbor | MI | - | 1 | 60.8655 | 91 | 80.3 miles |