2024 Best Dentistry Doctor's Degree Schools in Kentucky

Dentistry is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #7 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Kentucky to determine which ones were the best for dentistry students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 186 doctor's degrees in dentistry during the 2020-2021 academic year.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on dentistry students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other dentistry students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for dentistry to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized dentistry related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for dentistry students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Dentistry Schools

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 Doctor's Degree Schools in Kentucky.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Dentistry in Kentucky

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in dentistry.

Top Kentucky Schools for a Doctorate in Dentistry

1

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

59 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in dentistry has to take a look at University of Kentucky. UK is a very large public university located in the city of Lexington.More information about a doctorate in dentistry from University of Kentucky

2

University of Louisville
Louisville, KY

127 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in dentistry needs to look into University of Louisville. Located in the large city of Louisville, UofL is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in dentistry from University of Louisville

Best Dentistry Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Dentistry Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	138	215
Virginia	127	105
Georgia	126	96
North Carolina	115	135
Mississippi	113	35
Louisiana	103	69
Tennessee	102	146
Alabama	98	78
South Carolina	91	76
West Virginia	49	46

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Rankings in Majors Related to Dentistry

Dentistry is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Dentistry Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Dentistry	186

Majors Similar to Dentistry

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Medicine	430
Nursing	404
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	212
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	201
Optometry	55
Communication Sciences	7
Public Health	7
Medical Science	3

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. More about our data sources and methodologies.