2024 Best Dentistry Schools in North Carolina

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in North Carolina to determine which ones were the best for dentistry students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 137 degrees in dentistry during the 2021-2022 academic year.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Dentistry Schools List

Dentistry Rankings by Degree Level

The dentistry school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Dentistry Schools in North Carolina. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Dentistry in North Carolina

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.

Top North Carolina Schools in Dentistry

1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

86 Dentistry Degrees Awarded

4.7% Growth in Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill if you want to pursue a degree in dentistry. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in dentistry from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2

East Carolina University
Greenville, NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

51 Dentistry Degrees Awarded

Any student pursuing a degree in dentistry needs to check out East Carolina University. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in dentistry from East Carolina University

Best Dentistry Colleges in the Southeast Region

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Dentistry Related Rankings by Major

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

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