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2023 Most Popular Dentistry Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

12 Colleges
$76,619 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Dentistry School for You

Dentistry is the #108 most popular major in the country with 6,770 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Dentistry Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Dentistry program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Dentistry Colleges.

#1

New York University

New York, NY

Our 2023 rankings named New York University the most popular school in the Middle Atlantic Region for dentistry students. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Full Dentistry at New York University Report

#2

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Dentistry Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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#3

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Dentistry Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Temple is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

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The excellent programs at Rutgers University - New Brunswick helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best dentistry schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public school located in the city of New Brunswick.

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#4

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Buffalo. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Dentistry Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. University at Buffalo is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Buffalo.

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University of Maryland - Baltimore did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for dentistry students. It came in at #6 on the list. UMB is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Baltimore.

Full Dentistry at University of Maryland - Baltimore Report

#7

Touro College

New York, NY

With a ranking of #7, Touro College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for dentistry students. Located in the city of New York, Touro is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Full Dentistry at Touro College Report

Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular dentistry programs. LECOM is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Erie.

Full Dentistry at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine Report

Columbia University in the City of New York did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for dentistry students. It came in at #9 on the list. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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With a ranking of #10, University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for dentistry students. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public college with a very large student population.

Read full report on Dentistry at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

Best Dentistry Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 506
New York 771
Maryland 125
New Jersey 127
District of Columbia 72

One of 30 majors within the area of study, dentistry has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Dentistry

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 12 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Michal Jarmoluk.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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