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2023 Best Value Dentistry Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$40,881 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$95,496 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Dentistry School for You

With 806 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, dentistry is the #31 most popular major in California.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Dentistry Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in California 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.

2023 Best Value Dentistry Schools in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Dentistry Colleges.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality in Dentistry

$13,258 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Los Angeles the best value school in California for dentistry students. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

UCLA undergraduate students pay an average of $13,258 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UCLA is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Dentistry Schools in California list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western University of Health Sciences. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Dentistry Schools in California 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.

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The excellent programs at University of California - San Francisco helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best dentistry schools in California. Located in the large city of San Francisco, UCSF is a public school with a small student population.

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#4

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA
$36,412 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Loma Linda University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Loma Linda University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Loma Linda.

Loma Linda University undergraduate students pay an average of $36,412 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Dentistry at Loma Linda University Report

$52,352 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of the Pacific helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best dentistry schools in California. Located in the city of Stockton, Pacific is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pacific are $52,352 per year.

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$61,503 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Southern California ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Dentistry Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at USC are $61,503 a year.

USC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Dentistry Schools in California list.

Read full report on Dentistry at University of Southern California

Best Value Dentistry Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Dentistry Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 70
Oregon 75
Nevada 169

Dentistry is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
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 6 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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