39% stayed home, and residents fill 3% of District of Columbia's seats.
Matriculants from District of Columbia by the state of their dental school, 2011–2025. Hover a state for the count.
From 2011 to 2025, 67 students from District of Columbia started dental school, 52nd in the nation. 39% stayed in District of Columbia, 0% at an in-state public school.
The 41 who left went to 17 other states. The most popular out-of-state school was University of Maryland (MD), with 11 students.
District of Columbia's dental school enrolled 1,047 students over the same years, 3% of them residents. Virginia (182) and Maryland (173) sent the most outsiders.
| School | State | Type | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard University | DC | Private | 26 | 38.8% |
| University of Maryland | MD | Public | 11 | 16.4% |
| Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC | CA | Private | 4 | 6.0% |
| Boston University | MA | Private | 4 | 6.0% |
| University of Pennsylvania | PA | Private | 3 | 4.5% |
| Roseman University of Health Sciences | UT | Private | 2 | 3.0% |
| University of Texas at Houston | TX | Public | 2 | 3.0% |
| Rutgers School of Dental Medicine | NJ | Public | 1 | 1.5% |
| University of Kentucky | KY | Public | 1 | 1.5% |
| Midwestern University - AZ | AZ | Private | 1 | 1.5% |
| University of the Pacific | CA | Private | 1 | 1.5% |
| Western University of Health Sciences | CA | Private | 1 | 1.5% |
| West Virginia University | WV | Public | 1 | 1.5% |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | VA | Public | 1 | 1.5% |
| Meharry Medical College | TN | Private | 1 | 1.5% |
| University of Pittsburgh | PA | Public | 1 | 1.5% |
| University of Nevada, Las Vegas | NV | Public | 1 | 1.5% |
| University of Minnesota | MN | Public | 1 | 1.5% |
| University of Michigan | MI | Public | 1 | 1.5% |
| Creighton University | NE | Private | 1 | 1.5% |
| New York University | NY | Private | 1 | 1.5% |
| Temple University | PA | Public | 1 | 1.5% |