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2023 Most Popular Dentistry Schools in the Southeast Region

15 Colleges
$104,522 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Dentistry School for You

Dentistry is the #16 most popular major in the country with 6,770 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. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Most Popular Dentistry Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in the Southeast Region to see which programs were the most popular for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Dentistry program at each school on the list.

Check out the dentistry programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southeast Region .

#1

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Our 2023 rankings named Nova Southeastern University the most popular school in the Southeast Region for dentistry students. Located in the large suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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#2

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

The excellent programs at University of Louisville helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best dentistry schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Louisville, UofL is a public school with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Virginia Commonwealth University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Dentistry Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Richmond, VCU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#4

Augusta University

Augusta, GA

The excellent programs at Augusta University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best dentistry schools in the Southeast Region . Augusta University is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Augusta.

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#5

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

The excellent programs at University of Florida helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best dentistry schools in the Southeast Region . UF is a fairly large public school located in the city of Gainesville.

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The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for dentistry students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Memphis, UTHSC is a public college with a small student population.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular dentistry programs. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.

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University of Alabama at Birmingham ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Dentistry Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the midsize city of Birmingham, UAB is a public school with a very large student population.

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Medical University of South Carolina ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Dentistry Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the midsize city of Charleston, MUSC is a public college with a small student population.

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Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for dentistry students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of New Orleans, LSU Health - New Orleans is a public school with a small student population.

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Best Dentistry Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Florida 224
North Carolina 135
Tennessee 146
Georgia 96
Kentucky 186
West Virginia 46
Virginia 105
Alabama 78
Louisiana 69
Mississippi 35
South Carolina 76

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 15 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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