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2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences in the Plains States Region

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58 Degrees Awarded
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Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Dentistry & Oral Science Major in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dentistry & Oral Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences is the 249th most popular major in the country with 1,775 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, advanced dentistry and oral sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $181,409 and had an average of $17,490 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 158 advanced dentistry and oral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $191,515 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 58 advanced dentistry and oral sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dentistry & Oral Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in advanced dentistry and oral sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in advanced dentistry and oral sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dentistry & Oral Science Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dentistry & Oral Science Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 10 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences in the Plains States Region

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Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Louis University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dentistry & Oral Science Major in the Plains States Region. Saint Louis University is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 22 masters’s dentistry and oral science degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences at Saint Louis University

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend A T Still University of Health Sciences. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dentistry & Oral Science Major in the Plains States Region list. A T Still University of Health Sciences is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Kirksville, Missouri. It awarded 5 masters’s dentistry and oral science degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full A T Still University of Health Sciences Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Report

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Mayo Clinic School of Medicine
Rochester, Minnesota

Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dentistry & Oral Science Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine landed the #3 spot on the list. Mayo Clinic School of Medicine is located in Rochester, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s dentistry and oral science degrees to qualified students.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Mayo Clinic School of Medicine Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Report

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University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dentistry & Oral Science Major in the Plains States Region. Iowa City, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s dentistry and oral science degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences at Iowa

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Creighton University
Omaha, Nebraska

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Creighton University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dentistry & Oral Science Major in the Plains States Region. Creighton University is a medium-sized school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 3 masters’s dentistry and oral science degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Creighton University Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Report

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dentistry & Oral Science Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large public school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s dentistry and oral science students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

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University of Missouri - Kansas City did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dentistry & Oral Science Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #7. This fairly large school is located in Kansas City, Missouri, and it awarded 3 masters’s dentistry and oral science degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UMKC Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Report

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Minnesota State University - Mankato ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dentistry & Oral Science Major in the Plains States Region list. Minnesota State University - Mankato is a fairly large school located in Mankato, Minnesota that handed out 0 masters’s dentistry and oral science degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences at Minnesota State Mankato

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University of Nebraska Medical Center landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dentistry & Oral Science Major in the Plains States Region ranking. UNMC is a small school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 17 masters’s dentistry and oral science degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 2 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full University of Nebraska Medical Center Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Report

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Metropolitan State University
Saint Paul, Minnesota

Metropolitan State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Dentistry & Oral Science Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #8. Metro State is a medium-sized public school situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It awarded 0 masters’s dentistry and oral science degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Metropolitan State University Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Report

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