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2023 Most Popular Dentistry Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

12 Colleges
$76,619 Avg Salary

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.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Dentistry Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for dentistry majors pursuing a .

#1

New York University

New York, NY

Our analysis found New York University to be the most popular school for dentistry students who want to pursue a degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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#2

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Dentistry Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#3

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

Out of the 12 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Temple is a very large public school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

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#4

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

The excellent programs at University at Buffalo helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best dentistry schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . University at Buffalo is a very large public school located in the suburb of Buffalo.

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The excellent programs at Rutgers University - New Brunswick helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best dentistry schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public school located in the city of New Brunswick.

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University of Maryland - Baltimore ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Dentistry Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. UMB is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Baltimore.

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#7

Touro College

New York, NY

Touro College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for dentistry students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large city of New York, Touro is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Dentistry Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. LECOM is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Erie.

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With a ranking of #9, Columbia University in the City of New York did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for dentistry students. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular dentistry programs. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public college with a very large student population.

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Best Dentistry Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
New York 771
Pennsylvania 506
Maryland 125
New Jersey 127
District of Columbia 72

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

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 12 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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