by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Dentistry Major in Kentucky” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Dentistry is the 105th most popular major in the country with 6,770 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, dentistry graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $103,395 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.
Across Kentucky, there were 186 dentistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $107,968 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 186 dentistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,257 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Dentistry Major in Kentucky” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in dentistry. That schools that top this list have a program in dentistry in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Dentistry Major in Kentucky” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for kentucky doctor’s degree dentistry students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Louisville. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Dentistry Major in Kentucky. Located in Louisville, Kentucky, this large public school awarded 127 degrees to qualified doctorate’s dentistry students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Dentistry Major in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lexington, Kentucky, and it awarded 59 doctorate’s dentistry degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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