2022 Best Value Dentistry & Oral Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Dentistry & Oral Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences is the 248th most popular major in the country with 1,700 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Southwest region, there were 210 advanced dentistry and oral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $141,300 and $100,263 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 advanced dentistry and oral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality advanced dentistry and oral sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the advanced dentistry and oral sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Value Dentistry & Oral Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Dentistry & Oral Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree dentistry & oral science students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Dentistry & Oral Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas A&M College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 4 doctorate’s dentistry and oral science degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743.

Full Texas A&M University - College Station Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences

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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