Application
Applying to the Dental Hygiene (BS) Program
Applications are due January 15th of each year.
BIOL 201/202 or BIOL 220/330 are acceptable prerequisite courses when applying to the dental hygiene program.
All applications must be filled out and submitted online to be an accepted applicant; see application below for details.
2025 Application Cycle - Please read all instructions thoroughly!
Students have the option to apply to the on-campus entry level Dental Hygiene (BS) program AND/OR the on-campus entry level Dental Hygiene (BS) program with advanced placement in the Master of Science in Advanced Dental Therapy (ADT) program.
For Fall of 2025, up to six students will be admitted to the Advanced Placement ADT program (dual track) along with the dental hygiene program. Twenty-four additional students will be admitted to only the dental hygiene program. This means there will be a total of 30 students enrolled in dental hygiene coursework starting Fall of 2025.
If you want to be considered for both programs, you need to submit 2 separate applications. Eligible students can apply to both programs or may choose only to apply to one of the options.
Access to education for all students is among Minnesota State University, Mankato’s core values as an institution, and we are proud of our institutional commitment to an inclusive environment for all. Admissions criteria to the university’s highly competitive bachelor of science degree in dental hygiene is under review to ensure it, and all future decisions regarding admissions, conforms to the law.
Instructions for applying to the on-campus entry level MSU Dental Hygiene (BS) Program:
- Download the 2025 Dental Hygiene Application
- Fill out the application and submit before the deadline of Jan 15th.
- Submit online using the One Drive link below:
Link to upload application to One Drive
Instructions for applying to the on-campus entry level MSU Dental Hygiene (BS) Program with Advanced Placement in the Advanced Dental Therapy (ADT) Program (dual-track):
- Download the 2025 Dental Hygiene – Advanced Placement ADT Application
- Fill out the application and submit before the deadline of Jan 15th.
- Submit online using the One Drive link below:
Link to upload application to One Drive
An e-mail confirming receipt of your application will be sent to you as soon as your application is received. Please allow a full two weeks for processing, if you still have not received e-mail confirmation of receipt of your application, call 507-389-1313 to verify your application was received.
Students admitted to either program must attend a mandatory orientation scheduled for Monday, April 21, 2025, from 1:00pm – 4:00pm. Students unable to attend this orientation will forfeit their place in their respective program and must apply to re-enter the program the following year.
A Degree Audit Report (DARS) will be evaluated by the dental hygiene admission committee – you do not need to include this in your application. Please make sure that ALL prerequisite course grades from Fall 2024 semester are posted on your DARS report.
Transfer Students: verify all transfer credits have been processed on MSU DARS
DARS is an acronym for Degree Audit Reporting System.
- DARS uses a student's degree program information (degree, major, minor, catalog year) on file in the student records system, to create a "template" of that program. Then all of a student's courses are placed into the template to produce a document called an audit. The audit shows which requirements are completed and which are left to be done. It can be used by students and advisors to monitor a student's progress towards graduation.
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Scoring Dental Assistants
|
DH |
2% |
1% |
|
ADT |
4% |
2% |
|
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Fully Licensed Dental Assistant Foreign trained dental therapist or dentist |
Unlicensed dental assistant with additional certifications (Limited Radiology Certification or Expanded Functions) |
|
Method of Assessment or Verification |
Licensure Foreign license/transcripts |
Certificate and/or Licensure from Board of Dentistry |
Course Repeat/Withdraw Policy
The following science pre-requisites may be repeated only one time each (2 overall attempts). The highest grade achieved will be used to calculate the Science GPA for admission ranking. A withdraw is considered one attempt.
- BIOL 201
- BIOL 202
- BIOL 271
- CHEM 106/CHEM 111
- DHYG 219
- DHYG 223
- DHYG 225
