No dental school at home, so all 330 students left the state.
Matriculants from New Mexico by the state of their dental school, 2011–2025. Hover a state for the count.
From 2011 to 2025, 330 students from New Mexico started dental school, 40th in the nation. New Mexico has no dental school, so every one of them left home to train.
They went to 25 states. The most popular out-of-state school was Creighton University (NE), with 83 students.
New Mexico 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 | 83 | 25.2% |
| University of Colorado | CO | Public | 42 | 12.7% |
| University of Missouri, Kansas City | MO | Public | 42 | 12.7% |
| Midwestern University - AZ | AZ | Private | 24 | 7.3% |
| Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health | AZ | Private | 15 | 4.5% |
| Texas A&M University | TX | Public | 15 | 4.5% |
| Texas Tech University | TX | Public | 12 | 3.6% |
| University of the Pacific | CA | Private | 10 | 3.0% |
| UT Health San Antonio | TX | Public | 8 | 2.4% |
| Oregon Health & Science University | OR | Public | 7 | 2.1% |
| University of Washington | WA | Public | 7 | 2.1% |
| University of Nevada, Las Vegas | NV | Public | 6 | 1.8% |
| Roseman University of Health Sciences | UT | Private | 6 | 1.8% |
| Universidad Ana G. Mendez | PR | Private | 4 | 1.2% |
| Case Western Reserve University | OH | Private | 4 | 1.2% |
| University of Utah | UT | Public | 4 | 1.2% |
| Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC | CA | Private | 4 | 1.2% |
| University of Texas at Houston | TX | Public | 3 | 0.9% |
| Western University of Health Sciences | CA | Private | 3 | 0.9% |
| New York University | NY | Private | 3 | 0.9% |
| Missouri School of Dentistry & Oral Health | MO | Private | 2 | 0.6% |
| Medical University of South Carolina | SC | Public | 2 | 0.6% |
| University of Michigan | MI | Public | 2 | 0.6% |
| Tufts University | MA | Private | 2 | 0.6% |
| University of California, Los Angeles | CA | Public | 2 | 0.6% |
| Loma Linda University | CA | Private | 1 | 0.3% |
| University of Pennsylvania | PA | Private | 1 | 0.3% |
| University of California, San Francisco | CA | Public | 1 | 0.3% |
| West Virginia University | WV | Public | 1 | 0.3% |
| Lincoln Memorial University | TN | Private | 1 | 0.3% |
| Kansas City University | MO | Private | 1 | 0.3% |
| Ohio State University | OH | Public | 1 | 0.3% |
| Touro College of Dental Medicine | NY | Private | 1 | 0.3% |
| University of Connecticut | CT | Public | 1 | 0.3% |
| Midwestern University - IL | IL | Private | 1 | 0.3% |
| Nova Southeastern University | FL | Private | 1 | 0.3% |
| University of Detroit Mercy | MI | Private | 1 | 0.3% |
| University of Minnesota | MN | Public | 1 | 0.3% |
| Rutgers School of Dental Medicine | NJ | Public | 1 | 0.3% |
| Boston University | MA | Private | 1 | 0.3% |
| Harvard University | MA | Private | 1 | 0.3% |
| University of Louisville | KY | Public | 1 | 0.3% |
| University of Nebraska Medical Center | NE | Public | 1 | 0.3% |