by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Dentistry. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Dentistry is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Virginia Commonwealth University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the doctor’s degree program in dentistry, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at VCU paid an average of $1,448 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $707 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $12,703 | $26,041 |
| Fees | $2,497 | $3,187 |
Online degrees for the VCU dentistry doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the VCU Online Learning page.
Women made up around 61.8% of the dentistry students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 51.1%.
Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in dentistry at VCU in 2019-2020, 33.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 39%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 23 |
| Black or African American | 2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 48 |
| International Students | 7 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 16 |
Dentistry students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Dentistry | 102 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to dentistry.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 2 |
| Medicine | 217 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 132 |
| Public Health | 3 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 94 |
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*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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