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2023 Most Popular Dentistry Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

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$101,504 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Dentistry Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 135 degrees and certificates were awarded to dentistry students who went to a North Carolina college or university. This makes it the #49 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. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Dentistry Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in North Carolina to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Dentistry program at each school on the list.

Check out the dentistry doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in North Carolina.

Our 2023 rankings named University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill the most popular school in North Carolina for dentistry students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public college with a very large student population.

About 52% of the students majoring in dentistry at the school are women while 48% are male.

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#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Dentistry Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. ECU is a very large public school located in the city of Greenville.

Of the 53 students majoring in dentistry at ECU, 47% are male and 53% are female.

Read full report on Dentistry at East Carolina University

Best Dentistry Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Dentistry Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 105
Florida 224
Georgia 96
Tennessee 146
Kentucky 186
Louisiana 69
Alabama 78
South Carolina 76
Mississippi 35
West Virginia 46

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 2 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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