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2023 Best Value Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$46,227 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$173,932 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

With 176 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, advanced dentistry and oral sciences is the #20 most popular major in California.

It's not easy to decide which healthcare program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Value Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in California to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for dentistry and oral science students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in California

Check out the dentistry and oral science graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences

#1

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Loma Linda University the best value school in California for advanced dentistry and oral sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Loma Linda, Loma Linda University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Loma Linda University graduate students pay an average of $31,058 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences at Loma Linda University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at USC are $61,396 a year.

USC also made our Best Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in California list, coming in at #2.

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Best Value Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Oregon 10
Washington 24
Nevada 18
Alaska 4

Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Dentistry & Oral Science Concentrations

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 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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