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2023 Best Value Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$13,550 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$224,715 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences School for You

In 2020-2021, 59 degrees and certificates were awarded to advanced dentistry and oral sciences students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #23 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Illinois to see which 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

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

2023 Best Value Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Schools in Illinois

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

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences

$11,496 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Southern Illinois University Edwardsville the best value school in Illinois for advanced dentistry and oral sciences students. Located in the suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SIUE are $11,496 per year.

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$15,603 Average Tuition & Fees

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

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

Full Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences at University of Illinois at Chicago Report

Best Value Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 47
Michigan 63
Indiana 32
Wisconsin 15

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

Majors Similar to Dentistry & Oral Science

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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