2025 Best Dentistry Schools in the New England Region
4Colleges in the New England Region
566Dentistry Degrees Awarded
Ranked #119 in popularity, dentistry is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Dentistry Schools in the New England Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 566 degrees in dentistry to qualified students.
The dentistry program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Dentistry rankings. For our Best Overall Dentistry School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Dentistry Schools in the New England Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Dentistry in the New England Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the dentistry degrees they offer, see the list below.
Boston University is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in dentistry. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.
There were roughly 194 dentistry students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Tufts University if you want to pursue a degree in dentistry. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Medford. A Best Colleges rank of #39 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Tufts is a great university overall.
There were roughly 225 dentistry students who graduated with this degree at Tufts in the most recent data year.
University of Connecticut is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in dentistry. Located in the town of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 18 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were about 49 dentistry students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent year we have data available.
University of New England is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in dentistry. UNE is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Biddeford. This university ranks 6th out of 19 schools for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were approximately 61 dentistry students who graduated with this degree at UNE in the most recent data year.
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Notes and References
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
The dentistry program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Dentistry rankings. For our Best Overall Dentistry School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
