2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Dentistry & Oral Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 1,700 people earned their degree in advanced dentistry and oral sciences, making the major the 248th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, advanced dentistry and oral sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $174,455 and had an average of $177,038 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 254 advanced dentistry and oral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $168,620 and $127,246 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 advanced dentistry and oral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent advanced dentistry and oral sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the advanced dentistry and oral sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The dentistry & oral science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Dentistry & Oral Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Dentistry & Oral Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Dentistry & Oral Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Augusta University

Augusta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$20,712 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Dentistry & Oral Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Augusta University landed the #1 spot on the list. Augusta, Georgia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s dentistry and oral science degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Augusta University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Augusta University are $20,712, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences (Income $30-$48k)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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