No dental school at home, so all 682 students left the state.
Matriculants from Kansas by the state of their dental school, 2011–2025. Hover a state for the count.
From 2011 to 2025, 682 students from Kansas started dental school, 37th in the nation. Kansas has no dental school, so every one of them left home to train.
They went to 28 states. The most popular out-of-state school was University of Missouri, Kansas City (MO), with 385 students.
Kansas has no dental school, so every student here trained somewhere else.
None. The nearest options are in neighboring states.
| School | State | Type | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Missouri, Kansas City | MO | Public | 385 | 56.5% |
| Creighton University | NE | Private | 72 | 10.6% |
| University of Nebraska Medical Center | NE | Public | 36 | 5.3% |
| Missouri School of Dentistry & Oral Health | MO | Private | 32 | 4.7% |
| Kansas City University | MO | Private | 20 | 2.9% |
| Midwestern University - IL | IL | Private | 14 | 2.1% |
| Tufts University | MA | Private | 11 | 1.6% |
| Midwestern University - AZ | AZ | Private | 8 | 1.2% |
| University of Oklahoma | OK | Public | 7 | 1.0% |
| University of Colorado | CO | Public | 6 | 0.9% |
| Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC | CA | Private | 5 | 0.7% |
| Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health | AZ | Private | 5 | 0.7% |
| University of Michigan | MI | Public | 5 | 0.7% |
| University of Iowa | IA | Public | 5 | 0.7% |
| University of Tennessee | TN | Public | 5 | 0.7% |
| University of Louisville | KY | Public | 4 | 0.6% |
| Roseman University of Health Sciences | UT | Private | 4 | 0.6% |
| Lincoln Memorial University | TN | Private | 4 | 0.6% |
| University of New England | ME | Private | 3 | 0.4% |
| Meharry Medical College | TN | Private | 3 | 0.4% |
| University of Pennsylvania | PA | Private | 3 | 0.4% |
| Temple University | PA | Public | 3 | 0.4% |
| New York University | NY | Private | 3 | 0.4% |
| University of Utah | UT | Public | 3 | 0.4% |
| University of the Pacific | CA | Private | 2 | 0.3% |
| University of California, San Francisco | CA | Public | 2 | 0.3% |
| Lyon College School of Dental Medicine | AR | Private | 2 | 0.3% |
| Western University of Health Sciences | CA | Private | 2 | 0.3% |
| University of Kentucky | KY | Public | 2 | 0.3% |
| Boston University | MA | Private | 2 | 0.3% |
| University of Nevada, Las Vegas | NV | Public | 2 | 0.3% |
| LECOM College of Dental Medicine | FL | Private | 2 | 0.3% |
| Indiana University | IN | Public | 2 | 0.3% |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | VA | Public | 1 | 0.1% |
| Loma Linda University | CA | Private | 1 | 0.1% |
| University of California, Los Angeles | CA | Public | 1 | 0.1% |
| Marquette University | WI | Private | 1 | 0.1% |
| High Point University | NC | Private | 1 | 0.1% |
| University of North Carolina | NC | Public | 1 | 0.1% |
| Nova Southeastern University | FL | Private | 1 | 0.1% |
| Oregon Health & Science University | OR | Public | 1 | 0.1% |
| Case Western Reserve University | OH | Private | 1 | 0.1% |
| University of Detroit Mercy | MI | Private | 1 | 0.1% |
| Howard University | DC | Private | 1 | 0.1% |
| University of Pittsburgh | PA | Public | 1 | 0.1% |
| Northeast Ohio Medical University | OH | Public | 1 | 0.1% |
| UT Health San Antonio | TX | Public | 1 | 0.1% |
| Medical University of South Carolina | SC | Public | 1 | 0.1% |
| University of Texas at Houston | TX | Public | 1 | 0.1% |
| University at Buffalo | NY | Public | 1 | 0.1% |
| Columbia University | NY | Private | 1 | 0.1% |