31% stayed home, and residents fill 81% of New Jersey's seats.
Matriculants from New Jersey by the state of their dental school, 2011–2025. Hover a state for the count.
From 2011 to 2025, 3,480 students from New Jersey started dental school, 7th in the nation. 31% stayed in New Jersey, all of them at public schools.
The 2,387 who left went to 32 other states. The most popular out-of-state school was New York University (NY), with 628 students.
New Jersey's dental school enrolled 1,356 students over the same years, 81% of them residents. New York (120) and Florida (48) sent the most outsiders.
New Jersey's dental school enrolled 1,356 students; 81% were residents. Top out-of-state feeders:
| School | State | Type | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rutgers School of Dental Medicine | NJ | Public | 1,093 | 31.4% |
| New York University | NY | Private | 628 | 18.0% |
| University of Pennsylvania | PA | Private | 258 | 7.4% |
| Temple University | PA | Public | 251 | 7.2% |
| Columbia University | NY | Private | 178 | 5.1% |
| Touro College of Dental Medicine | NY | Private | 177 | 5.1% |
| Tufts University | MA | Private | 120 | 3.4% |
| University of Maryland | MD | Public | 83 | 2.4% |
| Boston University | MA | Private | 79 | 2.3% |
| Nova Southeastern University | FL | Private | 49 | 1.4% |
| Midwestern University - IL | IL | Private | 41 | 1.2% |
| Howard University | DC | Private | 39 | 1.1% |
| LECOM College of Dental Medicine | FL | Private | 38 | 1.1% |
| Harvard University | MA | Private | 35 | 1.0% |
| University of Pittsburgh | PA | Public | 35 | 1.0% |
| University at Buffalo | NY | Public | 28 | 0.8% |
| Stony Brook University | NY | Public | 26 | 0.7% |
| University of New England | ME | Private | 26 | 0.7% |
| University of Connecticut | CT | Public | 25 | 0.7% |
| Case Western Reserve University | OH | Private | 19 | 0.5% |
| Meharry Medical College | TN | Private | 18 | 0.5% |
| Roseman University of Health Sciences | UT | Private | 16 | 0.5% |
| University of Michigan | MI | Public | 16 | 0.5% |
| Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC | CA | Private | 15 | 0.4% |
| Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health | AZ | Private | 14 | 0.4% |
| Western University of Health Sciences | CA | Private | 14 | 0.4% |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | VA | Public | 14 | 0.4% |
| University of California, San Francisco | CA | Public | 13 | 0.4% |
| University of the Pacific | CA | Private | 12 | 0.3% |
| Medical University of South Carolina | SC | Public | 11 | 0.3% |
| Midwestern University - AZ | AZ | Private | 10 | 0.3% |
| Indiana University | IN | Public | 9 | 0.3% |
| University of Louisville | KY | Public | 8 | 0.2% |
| Loma Linda University | CA | Private | 7 | 0.2% |
| Creighton University | NE | Private | 7 | 0.2% |
| University of Detroit Mercy | MI | Private | 7 | 0.2% |
| Lincoln Memorial University | TN | Private | 6 | 0.2% |
| Missouri School of Dentistry & Oral Health | MO | Private | 6 | 0.2% |
| West Virginia University | WV | Public | 5 | 0.1% |
| University of North Carolina | NC | Public | 5 | 0.1% |
| University of California, Los Angeles | CA | Public | 5 | 0.1% |
| University of Kentucky | KY | Public | 3 | 0.1% |
| Marquette University | WI | Private | 3 | 0.1% |
| University of Colorado | CO | Public | 3 | 0.1% |
| University of Florida | FL | Public | 3 | 0.1% |
| University of Nevada, Las Vegas | NV | Public | 3 | 0.1% |
| University of Iowa | IA | Public | 3 | 0.1% |
| University of Missouri, Kansas City | MO | Public | 2 | 0.1% |
| Augusta University | GA | Public | 2 | 0.1% |
| University of Tennessee | TN | Public | 2 | 0.1% |
| California Northstate University | CA | Private | 1 | 0.0% |
| Northeast Ohio Medical University | OH | Public | 1 | 0.0% |
| University of Puerto Rico | PR | Public | 1 | 0.0% |
| LSU Health Sciences Center | LA | Public | 1 | 0.0% |
| University of Washington | WA | Public | 1 | 0.0% |
| University of Utah | UT | Public | 1 | 0.0% |
| Ohio State University | OH | Public | 1 | 0.0% |
| Kansas City University | MO | Private | 1 | 0.0% |
| University of Minnesota | MN | Public | 1 | 0.0% |
| High Point University | NC | Private | 1 | 0.0% |