2023 Best Value Dentistry Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Dentistry School for You
Dentistry is the #39 most popular major in the country with 6,770 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Dentistry Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 64 schools in the United States to see which programs offered the best value experiences for dentistry students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Dentistry Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Dentistry Colleges.
Top 10 Best Dentistry Schools
Our analysis found Southern Illinois University Edwardsville to be the best value school for dentistry students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Located in the suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SIUE are $11,496 per year.
Read full report on Dentistry at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine is a great value for dentistry students. Located in the small city of Erie, LECOM is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at LECOM are $14,640 a year.
Full Dentistry at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Dentistry Schools list. UT Health San Antonio is a small public school located in the large city of San Antonio.
UT Health San Antonio undergraduate students pay an average of $21,694 in tuition and fees each year.
Read full report on Dentistry at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western University of Health Sciences. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Dentistry Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Pomona, Western University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Read full report on Dentistry at Western University of Health Sciences
Out of the 64 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Creighton University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Creighton is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Omaha.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Creighton are $44,524 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Creighton also is in the top 15% of our Best Dentistry Schools ranking.
Marquette University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for dentistry students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Marquette are $45,766 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Marquette also did well on our Best Dentistry Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Touro College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for dentistry students. It came in at #7 on the list. Touro is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Touro are $18,908 a year.
With a ranking of #8, Oregon Health & Science University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for dentistry students. OHSU is a small public school located in the city of Portland.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at OHSU are $34,274 a year.
University of Detroit Mercy ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Dentistry Schools list. Located in the city of Detroit, Detroit Mercy is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Detroit Mercy are $30,154 a year.
Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Dentistry Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $38,855 per year.
Texas A&M College Station excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Dentistry Schools list.
Full Dentistry at Texas A&M University - College Station Report
Honorable Mentions
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Value Dentistry Schools award.
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11 | University of Nebraska Medical Center | Omaha, NE |
12 | Augusta University | Augusta, GA |
Dentistry by Region
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Majors Related to Dentistry
Dentistry is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to Dentistry
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Nursing | 66,964 |
Medicine | 28,629 |
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 24,774 |
Public Health | 19,473 |
Health & Medical Administrative Services | 17,335 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 26 schools only.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Michal Jarmoluk.
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