2024 Best Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

When it comes to popularity, a doctor's degree in advanced dentistry & oral sciences sits in the middle of the road, ranking #147 out of 306 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 19 doctor's degrees in advanced dentistry & oral sciences during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to advanced dentistry & oral sciences students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other advanced dentistry & oral sciences students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt advanced dentistry & oral sciences students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized advanced dentistry & oral sciences related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for advanced dentistry & oral sciences students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences in Massachusetts

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for advanced dentistry & oral sciences students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Massachusetts Schools for a Doctorate in Dentistry & Oral Science

1

Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

10 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Harvard University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in advanced dentistry & oral sciences. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in advanced dentistry & oral sciences from Harvard University

2

Boston University
Boston, MA

9 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Boston University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in advanced dentistry & oral sciences. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in advanced dentistry & oral sciences from Boston University

Best Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded

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Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Related Rankings by Major

One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Dentistry & Oral Science Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Dental Clinical Sciences	10
Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology	3
Orthodontics/Orthodontology	2
Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics	2
Dental Public Health & Education	1
Endodontics/Endodontology	1

Majors Similar to Dentistry & Oral Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	703
Medicine	692
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	582
Dentistry	473
Nursing	285
Optometry	190
Allied Health Professions	33
Public Health	33
Mental & Social Health Services	14
Communication Sciences	10

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.