2025 Best Dentistry Schools in the Southwest Region
4Colleges in the Southwest Region
528Dentistry Degrees Awarded
Dentistry is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #119 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for dentistry students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 528 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. We derive our Best Overall Dentistry School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 the Southwest Region.
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Best Schools for Dentistry in the Southwest Region
The schools below may not offer all types of dentistry degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It is hard to beat The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston if you wish to pursue a degree in dentistry. UTHealth is a moderately-sized public university located in the large city of Houston.
There were approximately 108 dentistry students who graduated with this degree at UTHealth in the most recent data year.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is a great decision for students interested in a degree in dentistry. UT Health San Antonio is a small public university located in the city of San Antonio.
There were approximately 113 dentistry students who graduated with this degree at UT Health San Antonio in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in dentistry. UOHSC is a small public university located in the large city of Oklahoma City.
There were about 61 dentistry students who graduated with this degree at UOHSC in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Texas A&M University - College Station if you want to pursue a degree in dentistry. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a very large student population.
There were about 103 dentistry students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station 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. We derive our Best Overall Dentistry School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
