If you plan on majoring in dentistry, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #105 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 56 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for dentistry students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 6,771 degrees in dentistry annually.
Your choice of dentistry school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Dentistry Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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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. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
University of Pennsylvania is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in dentistry. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were about 169 dentistry students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent data year. After graduating, dentistry degree recipients generally make about $80,541 at the beginning of their careers.
It is difficult to beat New York University if you want to pursue a degree in dentistry. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 381 dentistry students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year.
University of Florida is a good option for students interested in a degree in dentistry. UF is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Gainesville. This university ranks 1st out of 70 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 108 dentistry students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent year we have data available. Those dentistry students who get their degree from University of Florida make $18,187 more than the typical dentistry grad.
Every student who is interested in dentistry has to take a look at Boston University. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,152 colleges 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 data year. Students who receive their degree from the dentistry program earn an average of $111,866 for their early career.
Located in the suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #39 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Tufts is a great university overall.
There were about 225 dentistry students who graduated with this degree at Tufts in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the dentistry program make about $116,356 for their early career.
Roseman University of Health Sciences is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Henderson.
There were roughly 101 dentistry students who graduated with this degree at Roseman University of Health Sciences in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the dentistry program earn about $106,977 in the first couple years of working.
Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were about 169 dentistry students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the dentistry program make around $79,887 for their early career.
Located in the city of Houston, UTHealth is a public university with a medium-sized student population.
There were approximately 108 dentistry students who graduated with this degree at UTHealth in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the dentistry program earn an average of $102,000 in the first couple years of their career.
Marquette is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Milwaukee. This university ranks 3rd out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were about 84 dentistry students who graduated with this degree at Marquette in the most recent data year. Those dentistry students who get their degree from Marquette University receive $24,908 more than the average dentistry student.
UMB is a medium-sized public university located in the large city of Baltimore.
There were approximately 134 dentistry students who graduated with this degree at UMB in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the dentistry program report average early career earnings of $90,870.
Loma Linda University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Loma Linda.
There were approximately 131 dentistry students who graduated with this degree at Loma Linda University in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the dentistry program at Loma Linda University make $10,596 above the standard college grad in this field shortly after graduation.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Dentistry Schools award.
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).
Your choice of dentistry school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
