76 schools · 2000–2025 · 90,445 matriculants mapped
Dental schools,
by the numbers
Twenty-six years of applications, offers, DAT and GPA for every U.S. dental school. Pick a school or a state to dig in.
School profiles
Ten schools, twenty-six years
Sorted by the 2026 Path32 admissions ranking. The line shows applicants per seat from 2000 (or opening) to 2025.
#1MA · PrivateHarvard38.9 applicants for every seat, up from 20.8 in 2000.1,361 applied3.7% offered#2NC · PublicUNCStudents from 39 states, and 79% from North Carolina.1,179 applied7.5% offered#3CA · PublicUCLA21.3 applicants for every seat, up from 14 in 2000.1,875 applied7.4% offered#4NY · PrivateColumbiaThe highest average DAT of any U.S. dental school’s entering class.1,882 applied4.9% offered#6FL · PublicFlorida23.2 applicants for every seat, up from 8.3 in 2000.2,153 applied6.7% offered#8TX · PublicTexas A&M93% of its students come from Texas.2,057 applied7.9% offered#11MI · PublicMichiganStudents from 48 states, and 62% from Michigan.1,908 applied10.7% offered#51FL · PrivateLECOMStudents from 44 states, and 40% from Florida.3,946 applied11.3% offered#57NY · PrivateNYUOffers a seat to 32% of applicants, up from 5% in 2011.3,371 applied31.6% offered#67AZ · PrivateMidwestern Arizona21.7 applicants for every seat, up from 13.6 in 2008.3,122 applied12.8% offered
2025-26 entering classes
GPA and DAT, school by school
Each dot is one dental school's entering class. The ten profiled schools are in orange; click one to open its page. Hover any dot for details.
Staying home
Share of each state's students who stayed in-state
Darker means more students stayed in their home state for dental school. Grey states have no dental school. Click any state to open its page.
Under 40%40–59%60–69%70–79%80%+No dental school
Featured
Three very different states
CACaliforniaThe #1 producer of dental students, but only 18% go to an in-state public school.11,249 students63% stayedTXTexasTexas keeps 70% of its students home, and Texans fill 95% of its seats.6,656 students70% stayedALAlabamaOne dental school, and 71% of Alabama's future dentists go there.1,080 students71% stayed
Every state
All 52 states and territories
Click a column heading to sort.
| California | 11,249 | 63% | 18% | 4,184 | 77% |
| Texas | 6,656 | 70% | 70% | 2,009 | 95% |
| New York | 6,623 | 73% | 25% | 1,771 | 52% |
| Florida | 6,510 | 47% | 20% | 3,426 | 67% |
| Illinois | 3,932 | 58% | 42% | 1,670 | 61% |
| Michigan | 3,656 | 59% | 26% | 1,499 | 65% |
| New Jersey | 3,480 | 31% | 31% | 2,387 | 81% |
| Pennsylvania | 2,882 | 64% | 54% | 1,050 | 37% |
| North Carolina | 2,767 | 65% | 64% | 971 | 85% |
| Georgia | 2,681 | 47% | 47% | 1,413 | 92% |
| Ohio | 2,589 | 71% | 58% | 763 | 67% |
| Virginia | 2,496 | 37% | 37% | 1,581 | 67% |
| Massachusetts | 2,145 | 69% | 0% | 660 | 30% |
| Maryland | 1,896 | 54% | 54% | 865 | 53% |
| Utah | 1,782 | 38% | 18% | 1,104 | 34% |
| Washington | 1,776 | 46% | 45% | 955 | 84% |
| Indiana | 1,652 | 66% | 66% | 562 | 70% |
| Tennessee | 1,577 | 75% | 58% | 389 | 42% |
| Minnesota | 1,561 | 65% | 65% | 553 | 68% |
| Missouri | 1,515 | 79% | 66% | 321 | 47% |
| Arizona | 1,492 | 51% | 0% | 729 | 24% |
| Wisconsin | 1,418 | 52% | 0% | 685 | 50% |
| Louisiana | 1,285 | 72% | 72% | 363 | 87% |
| Kentucky | 1,248 | 91% | 91% | 110 | 42% |
| Colorado | 1,171 | 61% | 61% | 461 | 60% |
| South Carolina | 1,124 | 74% | 74% | 298 | 73% |
| Alabama | 1,080 | 71% | 71% | 313 | 75% |
| Iowa | 1,022 | 84% | 84% | 168 | 70% |
| Oregon | 967 | 69% | 69% | 302 | 60% |
| Oklahoma | 911 | 75% | 75% | 224 | 84% |
| Nevada | 883 | 81% | 81% | 169 | 59% |
| Mississippi | 831 | 70% | 70% | 247 | 100% |
| Connecticut | 826 | 50% | 50% | 417 | 57% |
| Nebraska | 794 | 88% | 67% | 96 | 31% |
| Puerto Rico | 771 | 97% | 79% | 27 | 91% |
| Arkansas | 757 | 5% | 0% | 723 | 43% |
| Kansas | 682 | 0% | 0% | 682 | — |
| West Virginia | 528 | 91% | 91% | 50 | 65% |
| Idaho | 514 | 0% | 0% | 514 | — |
| New Mexico | 330 | 0% | 0% | 330 | — |
| Hawaii | 313 | 0% | 0% | 313 | — |
| North Dakota | 294 | 0% | 0% | 294 | — |
| Maine | 257 | 59% | 0% | 105 | 18% |
| South Dakota | 239 | 0% | 0% | 239 | — |
| New Hampshire | 237 | 0% | 0% | 237 | — |
| Alaska | 211 | 0% | 0% | 211 | — |
| Montana | 199 | 0% | 0% | 199 | — |
| Delaware | 192 | 0% | 0% | 192 | — |
| Rhode Island | 146 | 0% | 0% | 146 | — |
| Wyoming | 137 | 0% | 0% | 137 | — |
| Vermont | 94 | 0% | 0% | 94 | — |
| District of Columbia | 67 | 39% | 0% | 41 | 3% |