2023 Most Focused Colleges for Dentistry in Michigan

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In 2020-2021, 6,770 people earned their degree in dentistry, making the major the 105th most popular in the United States. 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 Michigan, there were 277 dentistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $122,723 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Dentistry Major in Michigan” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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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Schools Highly Focused on Dentistry Major in Michigan

The colleges and universities below are the best for michigan dentistry students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Dentistry in Michigan

1

University of Detroit Mercy
Detroit, Michigan

#19 overall quality in Michigan

$64,174 Average Early-Career Earnings

$28,426 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Dentistry Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Detroit Mercy landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Detroit, Michigan, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 149 degrees to qualified ’s dentistry students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Detroit Mercy Dentistry Report

2

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, Michigan

#1 overall quality in Michigan

$58,051 Average Early-Career Earnings

$18,410 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Dentistry Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #2 spot on the list. U-M is a large public school situated in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It awarded 128 ’s dentistry degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full U-M 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.