2026 Best Value Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics Schools in California
[Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics](/majors/health-care-professions/advanced-dentistry-oral-sciences/pediatric-dentistry-pedodontics/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The best values balance affordable tuition against strong post-graduation earnings.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools to find the best return on investment for pediatric dentistry/pedodontics students.
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2026 Best Value Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics Schools in California
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in pediatric dentistry/pedodontics, balancing cost against outcomes.
Best Value Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics Schools
Leading the list is University Of Southern California, our #1 best value for pediatric dentistry/pedodontics in California. University Of Southern California is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles. Students from in state pay about $71,647 in tuition and fees. Students borrow a median of $15,625 to complete the pediatric dentistry/pedodontics program here. Early-career pediatric dentistry/pedodontics graduates make about $165,907. Set against $15,625 in median debt, that is a healthy payoff. The acceptance rate is 10%.
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Notes and References
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 2 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked 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 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).
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