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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dentistry in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
512 Degrees Awarded
$27,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Dentistry Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Dentistry Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 6,614 people earned their degree in dentistry, making the major the 108th most popular in the United States. 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 the Southwest region, there were 512 dentistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $103,840 and $194,398 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 512 dentistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Dentistry Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in dentistry. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great dentistry programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the dentistry program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Dentistry Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Dentistry Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region.

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dentistry in the Southwest Region

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Dentistry Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is a small public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 108 doctorate’s dentistry degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Health San Antonio also took the #3 spot in our “Best Dentistry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio are $13,466, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UT Health San Antonio Dentistry Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Dentistry Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 100 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #4 spot in our “Best Dentistry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Dentistry at Texas A&M College Station

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Dentistry Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center landed the #3 spot on the list. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s dentistry degrees to 59 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region doctor’s degree dentistry students list, UOHSC has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Dentistry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UOHSC are $22,122, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Dentistry at UOHSC

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Dentistry Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s dentistry degrees to 104 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UTHealth, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Dentistry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston are $32,904.

Full The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Dentistry Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Midwestern University - Glendale. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Dentistry Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region. Located in Glendale, Arizona, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 141 degrees to qualified doctorate’s dentistry students in 2019-2020.

Midwestern University - Glendale did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Dentistry Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Midwestern University - Glendale are $47,512, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Midwestern University - Glendale Dentistry Report

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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.

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