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2023 Best Value Dentistry Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$13,550 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$111,097 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Dentistry School for You

In 2020-2021, 308 degrees and certificates were awarded to dentistry students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #42 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value programs for dentistry students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Dentistry Schools in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for dentistry majors pursuing a .

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Dentistry

$11,496 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Southern Illinois University Edwardsville to be the best value school for dentistry students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. SIUE is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Edwardsville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SIUE are $11,496 a year.

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$15,603 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the # 2 spot on the list. UIC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Chicago.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UIC are $15,603 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Midwestern University - Downers Grove. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Dentistry Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large suburb of Downers Grove, Midwestern University - Downers Grove is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Best Value Dentistry Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Dentistry Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 277
Ohio 178
Indiana 115
Wisconsin 98

One of 29 majors within the area of study, dentistry has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Dentistry

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 3 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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