2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dentistry in the Rocky Mountains Region

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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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 168 dentistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $104,486 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 168 dentistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $79,087 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Dentistry Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in dentistry. To top this list, a school must have a successful dentistry program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Dentistry Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Doctorate

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

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Dentistry in the Rocky Mountains Region

1

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, Colorado

#18 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Dentistry Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Doctorate list. Located in Denver, Colorado, this large public school awarded 116 degrees to qualified doctorate’s dentistry students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Dentistry Report

2

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

#9 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Dentistry Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this large public school awarded 52 degrees to qualified doctorate’s dentistry students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Utah 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.