2024 Best Orthodontics/Orthodontology Schools in the Far Western US Region
3Colleges in the Far Western US Region
46Orthodontics/Orthodontology Degrees Awarded
Orthodontics/Orthodontology degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #910 out of the 1506 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Orthodontics/Orthodontology Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 46 degrees in orthodontics/orthodontology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Orthodontics/Orthodontology School
Your choice of orthodontics/orthodontology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Orthodontics/Orthodontology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Orthodontics/Orthodontology Rankings by Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Orthodontics/Orthodontology Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Orthodontics/Orthodontology in the Far Western US Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the orthodontics/orthodontology degree levels they offer.
Top Far Western US Region Schools in Orthodontics/Orthodontology
Every student pursuing a degree in orthodontics/orthodontology needs to look into Loma Linda University. Loma Linda University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Loma Linda.
There were approximately 12 orthodontics/orthodontology students who graduated with this degree at Loma Linda University in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in orthodontics/orthodontology needs to look into University of Washington - Seattle Campus. UW Seattle is a very large public university located in the large city of Seattle.
There were roughly 5 orthodontics/orthodontology students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent data year.
University of the Pacific is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in orthodontics/orthodontology. Located in the city of Stockton, Pacific is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.
There were roughly 9 orthodontics/orthodontology students who graduated with this degree at Pacific in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).