2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dentistry (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains 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 Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Dentistry is the 119th most popular major in the country with 6,614 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 159 dentistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 159 dentistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,140 and $97,138 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Dentistry Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in dentistry. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent dentistry programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the dentistry program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Dentistry Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dentistry (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

Denver, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$23,915 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Dentistry Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s dentistry degrees to 114 students in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Dentistry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at CU Anschutz are $23,915, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full CU Anschutz Dentistry Report

#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

#2 in overall quality

$24,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Dentistry Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Utah is a large public school situated in Salt Lake City, Utah. It awarded 45 doctorate’s dentistry degrees in 2019-2020.

U of U also took the #2 spot in our “Best Dentistry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Utah are $24,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Dentistry at University of Utah

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dentistry (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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Michal Jarmoluk.

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