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2023 Best Value Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

8 Colleges
$32,882 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$191,515 Avg Salary

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.

There are so many healthcare programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for dentistry and oral science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region

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

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences

$11,972 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Mayo Clinic School of Medicine the best value school in the Plains States Region for advanced dentistry and oral sciences students. Mayo Clinic School of Medicine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Rochester.

Mayo Clinic School of Medicine undergraduate students pay an average of $11,972 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

The excellent programs at Creighton University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best advanced dentistry and oral sciences schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the large city of Omaha, Creighton is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Creighton are $44,524 per year.

Creighton excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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$31,111 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Nebraska Medical Center. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Omaha, UNMC is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UNMC are $31,111 a year.

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#4

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO

The excellent programs at Saint Louis University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best advanced dentistry and oral sciences schools in the Plains States Region . SLU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Louis.

SLU undergraduate students pay an average of $48,824 in tuition and fees each year.

SLU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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Out of the 8 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the # 5 spot on the list. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UMN Twin Cities are $33,818 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UMN Twin Cities also did well on our Best Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#6

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

With a ranking of #6, University of Iowa did quite well on this year’s best value schools for advanced dentistry and oral sciences students. Iowa is a very large public school located in the small city of Iowa City.

Iowa undergraduate students pay an average of $31,905 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Iowa is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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$28,023 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Missouri - Kansas City ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region list. UMKC is a large public school located in the city of Kansas City.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UMKC are $28,023 a year.

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A T Still University of Health Sciences came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. A T Still University of Health Sciences is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Kirksville.

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Best Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best advanced dentistry and oral sciences colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 47
Iowa 29
Missouri 62
Nebraska 20

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 8 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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