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2023 Best Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Schools

61 Colleges
$181,409 Avg Salary
$17,490 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences School for You

Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences is the #24 most popular major in the country with 1,775 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the healthcare 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, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Schools ranking. This report analyzed 61 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best programs for healthcare students.

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2023 Best Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Colleges.

Top 10 Best Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Mayo Clinic School of Medicine the best school in the United States for advanced dentistry and oral sciences students. Located in the midsize city of Rochester, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#2

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Schools list. UF is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Gainesville.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Nebraska Medical Center is a great place for advanced dentistry and oral sciences students. UNMC is a small public school located in the large city of Omaha.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of the Pacific is a great place for advanced dentistry and oral sciences students. Located in the city of Stockton, Pacific is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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#5

Tufts University

Medford, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Schools ranking. UT Health San Antonio is a small public school located in the large city of San Antonio.

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With a ranking of #7, Rutgers University - New Brunswick did quite well on this year’s best schools for advanced dentistry and oral sciences students. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for advanced dentistry and oral sciences students. It came in at #8 on the list. UTHealth is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Houston.

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#9

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

University of Pennsylvania landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best advanced dentistry and oral sciences programs. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

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With a ranking of #10, Medical University of South Carolina did quite well on this year’s best schools for advanced dentistry and oral sciences students. Located in the midsize city of Charleston, MUSC is a public college with a small student population.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great schools for Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences students that almost earned our Best Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Schools award.

Rank College Location
11 Texas A&M University - College Station College Station, TX
12 Boston University Boston, MA

Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, advanced dentistry and oral sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Dentistry & Oral Science Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Dental Clinical Sciences 404
Orthodontics/Orthodontology 297
Advanced General Dentistry 210
Oral Biology & Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology 151
Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics 144
Endodontics/Endodontology 141
Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology 117
Periodontics/Periodontology 113
Other Advanced/Graduate Dentistry & Oral Sciences 105
Dental Public Health & Education 49
Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery 44

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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