2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Orthodontics/Orthodontology in the New England Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Orthodontics/Orthodontology Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Orthodontics/Orthodontology is the 910th most popular major in the country with 297 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the New England region, there were 23 orthodontics/orthodontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 orthodontics/orthodontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,293 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Orthodontics/Orthodontology Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in orthodontics/orthodontology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their orthodontics/orthodontology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Orthodontics/Orthodontology Major in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Orthodontics/Orthodontology Major in the New England Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Orthodontics/Orthodontology in the New England Region

1

Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts

#10 overall quality in New England

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Orthodontics/Orthodontology Major in the New England Region. Boston University is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s orthodontics/orthodontology degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

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2

Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts

#3 overall quality in New England

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harvard University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Orthodontics/Orthodontology Major in the New England Region. This large school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s orthodontics/orthodontology degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Harvard Orthodontics/Orthodontology Report

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Orthodontics/Orthodontology

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.