2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dentistry in the Rocky Mountains Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Dentistry Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region” 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” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in dentistry. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality dentistry programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Dentistry Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Dentistry Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region doctor’s degree dentistry students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dentistry 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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Dentistry Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Denver, Colorado, this large public school handed out 114 degrees to qualified doctorate’s dentistry students in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz also took the #1 spot in our “Best Dentistry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at CU Anschutz are $23,915.

Read full report on Dentistry at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

#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 that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #2 spot on the list. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s dentistry degrees to 45 students in 2019-2020.

U of U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Dentistry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Utah are $24,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Dentistry at University of Utah

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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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