Dentistry

A program that prepares individuals for the independent professional practice of dentistry/dental medicine, encompassing the evaluation, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases, disorders, and conditions of the oral cavity, maxillofacial area, and adjacent structures and their impact on the human body and health. Includes instruction in the basic biomedical sciences, occlusion, dental health and prevention, oral pathology, cariology, operative dentistry, oral radiology, principles of the various dental specialties, pain management, oral medicine, clinic and health care management, patient counseling, and professional standards and ethics.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 65 institutions across the United States, with a total of 20883 degrees awarded annually.

Doctoral Degrees

6,961

degrees awarded

Other Awards

13,922

awards given

Top Schools for Dentistry

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	New York University New York, NY	1,182
2	Tufts University Medford, MA	717
3	Boston University Boston, MA	579
4	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	558
5	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	552
6	University of the Pacific Stockton, CA	498
7	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	465
8	University of Detroit Mercy Detroit, MI	447
9	Midwestern University-Glendale Glendale, AZ	438
10	Midwestern University-Downers Grove Downers Grove, IL	417
11	A T Still University of Health Sciences Kirksville, MO	399
12	Loma Linda University Loma Linda, CA	387
13	Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL	381
14	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	381
15	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	381
16	University of Maryland, Baltimore Baltimore, MD	375
17	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	372
18	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	363
19	University of Louisville Louisville, KY	360
20	University of California-San Francisco San Francisco, CA	360
21	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	360
22	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO	357
23	Creighton University Omaha, NE	354
24	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	342
25	The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, TX	339
26	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	336
27	Touro University New York, NY	333
28	Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN	330
29	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	321
30	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	321
31	Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine Erie, PA	312
32	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	309
33	University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO	306
34	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston, TX	303
35	Roseman University of Health Sciences Henderson, NV	303
36	Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA	300
37	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	294
38	Augusta University Augusta, GA	288
39	The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, TN	279
40	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	270
41	Meharry Medical College Nashville, TN	261
42	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	255
43	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	252
44	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	252
45	University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	249
46	Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC	240
47	University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL	237
48	Howard University Washington, DC	237
49	Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans New Orleans, LA	231
50	Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR	222
51	Western University of Health Sciences Pomona, CA	216
52	University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City, OK	216
53	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	201
54	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	198
55	University of New England Biddeford, ME	183
56	University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences San Juan, PR	177
57	University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE	174
58	Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Edwardsville, IL	168
59	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	153
60	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	147
61	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	147
62	East Carolina University Greenville, NC	147
63	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	135
64	University of Mississippi University, MS	111
65	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	105