2022 Best Value Dentistry Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Dentistry Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Dentistry is the 108th most popular major in the country with 6,614 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, dentistry graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $98,613 and had an average of $247,099 in loans still to pay off.

Across Michigan, there were 265 dentistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $108,150 and $281,323 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 265 dentistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,785 and $113,051 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Dentistry Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in dentistry. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent dentistry programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the dentistry program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Dentistry Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Dentistry Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan

The colleges and universities below are the best for michigan doctor’s degree dentistry students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dentistry in Michigan

#1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$49,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Dentistry Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #1 spot on the list. U-M is a large school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 131 doctorate’s dentistry degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M also made our “Best Dentistry Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Dentistry at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

#2

University of Detroit Mercy

Detroit, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$20,047 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Detroit Mercy. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Dentistry Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan list. Detroit Mercy is a small school located in Detroit, Michigan that handed out 134 doctorate’s dentistry degrees in 2019-2020.

Detroit Mercy did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Dentistry Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Detroit Mercy are $20,047, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Dentistry at University of Detroit Mercy

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

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

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