No dental school at home, so all 313 students left the state.
Matriculants from Hawaii by the state of their dental school, 2011–2025. Hover a state for the count.
From 2011 to 2025, 313 students from Hawaii started dental school, 41st in the nation. Hawaii has no dental school, so every one of them left home to train.
They went to 23 states. The most popular out-of-state school was Creighton University (NE), with 53 students.
Hawaii has no dental school, so every student here trained somewhere else.
None. The nearest options are in neighboring states.
| School | State | Type | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creighton University | NE | Private | 53 | 16.9% |
| University of Missouri, Kansas City | MO | Public | 47 | 15.0% |
| University of the Pacific | CA | Private | 37 | 11.8% |
| Oregon Health & Science University | OR | Public | 23 | 7.3% |
| Loma Linda University | CA | Private | 17 | 5.4% |
| Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC | CA | Private | 16 | 5.1% |
| University of Washington | WA | Public | 15 | 4.8% |
| University of Nevada, Las Vegas | NV | Public | 10 | 3.2% |
| New York University | NY | Private | 8 | 2.6% |
| Midwestern University - AZ | AZ | Private | 8 | 2.6% |
| Western University of Health Sciences | CA | Private | 6 | 1.9% |
| University of Colorado | CO | Public | 6 | 1.9% |
| University of California, San Francisco | CA | Public | 6 | 1.9% |
| Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health | AZ | Private | 6 | 1.9% |
| Roseman University of Health Sciences | UT | Private | 6 | 1.9% |
| University of Utah | UT | Public | 5 | 1.6% |
| University of Pennsylvania | PA | Private | 5 | 1.6% |
| Midwestern University - IL | IL | Private | 4 | 1.3% |
| Case Western Reserve University | OH | Private | 3 | 1.0% |
| University of California, Los Angeles | CA | Public | 3 | 1.0% |
| Missouri School of Dentistry & Oral Health | MO | Private | 3 | 1.0% |
| Tufts University | MA | Private | 3 | 1.0% |
| Indiana University | IN | Public | 3 | 1.0% |
| University of Iowa | IA | Public | 3 | 1.0% |
| Marquette University | WI | Private | 3 | 1.0% |
| Columbia University | NY | Private | 2 | 0.6% |
| University of Maryland | MD | Public | 1 | 0.3% |
| University of New England | ME | Private | 1 | 0.3% |
| Harvard University | MA | Private | 1 | 0.3% |
| Boston University | MA | Private | 1 | 0.3% |
| LECOM College of Dental Medicine | FL | Private | 1 | 0.3% |
| Temple University | PA | Public | 1 | 0.3% |
| Meharry Medical College | TN | Private | 1 | 0.3% |
| Touro College of Dental Medicine | NY | Private | 1 | 0.3% |
| University of Michigan | MI | Public | 1 | 0.3% |
| Howard University | DC | Private | 1 | 0.3% |
| Kansas City University | MO | Private | 1 | 0.3% |
| University of Detroit Mercy | MI | Private | 1 | 0.3% |