Oral Biology and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology

A program that focuses on the scientific study of the growth, development, diseases, healing properties, and neurological components of the oral cavity, related tissues and organs, and associated craniofacial areas. Includes instruction in oral microbiology microanatomy, craniofacial pain, humoral aspects of disease, etiology and histology of caries, plaque ecology, wound healing, oral disease epidemiology, oral manifestations of systemic disease, lesions, normal and pathologic physiology, and related molecular and physical studies.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 19 institutions across the United States, with a total of 501 degrees awarded annually.

Master's Degrees

133

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

34

degrees awarded

Other Awards

334

awards given

Top Schools for Oral Biology and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology

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

Rank Institution Degrees
1 University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
126
2 Texas A & M University-College Station
College Station, TX
54
3 Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
48
4 Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
42
5 University of California-San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
42
6 University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
33
7 University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
30
8 University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA
30
9 University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV
18
10 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
15
11 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA
15
12 Creighton University
Omaha, NE
12
13 University of Missouri-Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
12
14 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
9
15 Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
3
16 University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
3
17 Boston University
Boston, MA
3
18 University of Maryland, Baltimore
Baltimore, MD
3
19 Augusta University
Augusta, GA
3