Dental School Rankings

Since dental school rankings are not officially available from US News, I have constructed my own using very objective and comprehensive criteria. These are the most accurate, scientific, and current dental school rankings available anywhere.

The methodology involved the use of GPA, DAT scores, technology used at the dental schools, academic reputation, Part I board scores, and tuition.

And, the rankings! Here are the best dental schools in 2008. There were some ties, which explains why some schools have the same rank number.

RANK NAME
1 University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry
2 University of Washington-Health Sciences School of Dentistry
3 University of Colorado Denver
4 State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine
4 Harvard University School of Dental Medicine
6 University of California at Los Angeles School of Dentistry
7 University of Maryland Baltimore College of Dental Surgery
8 University of California at San Francisco School of Dentistry
9 University of Michigan School of Dentistry
10 Columbia University College of Dental Medicine
11 University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
12 University of North Carolina School of Dentistry
13 University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine
13 University of Southern California School of Dentistry
13 Oregon Health and Science University School of Dentistry
16 Louisiana State University School of Dentistry
16 University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Dental Medicine
18 Medical University of South Carolina College of Dental Medicine
18 State University of New York at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine
20 University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine
21 University of Minnesota School of Dentistry
22 University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry
22 Medical College of Georgia School of Dentistry
22 Case Western Reserve Univ. School of Dental Medicine
22 Creighton University School of Dentistry
22 Ohio State University College of Dentistry
27 University of Texas Hlth Science Cnt-San Antonio Dental School
27 University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry
27 Baylor College of Dentistry Component of Texas A & M Health Sci Ctr
30 University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry
30 Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine
32 University of Iowa College of Dentistry
33 University of Alabama School of Dentistry at UAB
34 Indiana University School of Dentistry
35 Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine
35 Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
35 University of Florida College of Dentistry
35 Univ. of Texas Hlth Science Cnt-Houston Dental Branch
35 University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey Dental School
35 University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry
35 A.T. Still University Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health
42 Loma Linda University School of Dentistry
43 Marquette University School of Dentistry
44 University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry
45 University of Tennessee College of Dentistry
45 University of Kentucky College of Dentistry
47 Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry
48 West Virginia University School of Dentistry
48 University of Louisville School of Dentistry
50 New York University College of Dentistry
51 University of Mississippi School of Dentistry
52 Temple University The Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry
53 Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine
54 Howard University College of Dentistry
55 Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry