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2023 Best Value Dentistry Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$13,550 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$111,097 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Dentistry School for You

With 308 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, dentistry is the #14 most popular major in Illinois.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Value Dentistry Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Illinois to see which programs offered the best value experiences for dentistry students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Dentistry Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Dentistry Colleges.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Dentistry

$11,496 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Southern Illinois University Edwardsville the best value school in Illinois for dentistry students. Located in the large 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.

Full Dentistry at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Report

$15,603 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 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 school with a very large student population.

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

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Midwestern University - Downers Grove is a great value for dentistry students. Midwestern University - Downers Grove is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Downers Grove.

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Best Value Dentistry Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Dentistry Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 178
Michigan 277
Indiana 115
Wisconsin 98

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

Dentistry Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Dentistry 6,770

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 3 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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