by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools Highly Focused on Dentistry Major in Illinois” ranking.
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 Illinois, there were 308 dentistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $111,097 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Dentistry Major in Illinois” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 Highly Focused on Dentistry Major in Illinois” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Dentistry Major in Illinois”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Dentistry Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Midwestern University - Downers Grove landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Downers Grove, Illinois, and it awarded 129 ’s dentistry degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Dentistry Major in Illinois list. SIUE is a fairly large public school situated in Edwardsville, Illinois. It awarded 56 ’s dentistry degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Dentistry Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Illinois at Chicago is a large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 123 ’s dentistry degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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