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Pennsylvania

64% stayed home, and residents fill 37% of Pennsylvania's seats.

2,882

students started dental school

#8 of 52 in the nation

64%

stayed in-state

1,832 students

1,050

left for another state

#11 most leavers

different schools attended

across 34 states

Destinations

Where Pennsylvania's students went

Matriculants from Pennsylvania by the state of their dental school, 2011–2025. Hover a state for the count.

Pennsylvania (stayed home)1–4 students5–19 students20–49 students50–199 students200+ studentsNone

Top 10 schools

The most common picks

In PennsylvaniaOut of state

Temple UniversityPA · Public
95133.0%
University of PittsburghPA · Public
59920.8%
University of PennsylvaniaPA · Private
2829.8%
New York UniversityNY · Private
1274.4%
LECOM College of Dental MedicineFL · Private
993.4%
University of MarylandMD · Public
883.1%
Columbia UniversityNY · Private
622.2%
West Virginia UniversityWV · Public
572.0%
Case Western Reserve UniversityOH · Private
551.9%
Tufts UniversityMA · Private
551.9%

The story

What the numbers say

From 2011 to 2025, 2,882 students from Pennsylvania started dental school, 8th in the nation. 64% stayed in Pennsylvania, 54% at an in-state public school.

The 1,050 who left went to 33 other states. The most popular out-of-state school was New York University (NY), with 127 students.

Pennsylvania's dental schools enrolled 4,955 students over the same years, 37% of them residents. New Jersey (544) and New York (384) sent the most outsiders.

Stayed in Pennsylvania for dental school64%

Went to an in-state public school54%

Seats at Pennsylvania's schools filled by residents37%

Inbound

Who else comes here

Pennsylvania's 3 dental schools enrolled 4,955 students; 37% were residents. Top out-of-state feeders:

Home schools

Dental schools in Pennsylvania

Temple UniversityPublic951 from PA
University of PennsylvaniaPrivate282 from PA
University of PittsburghPublic599 from PA

All 58 schools Pennsylvania students attended

School	State	Type	Students	Share
Temple University	PA	Public	951	33.0%
University of Pittsburgh	PA	Public	599	20.8%
University of Pennsylvania	PA	Private	282	9.8%
New York University	NY	Private	127	4.4%
LECOM College of Dental Medicine	FL	Private	99	3.4%
University of Maryland	MD	Public	88	3.1%
Columbia University	NY	Private	62	2.2%
West Virginia University	WV	Public	57	2.0%
Case Western Reserve University	OH	Private	55	1.9%
Tufts University	MA	Private	55	1.9%
University of New England	ME	Private	36	1.2%
University at Buffalo	NY	Public	34	1.2%
Midwestern University - IL	IL	Private	33	1.1%
Boston University	MA	Private	28	1.0%
Touro College of Dental Medicine	NY	Private	25	0.9%
Howard University	DC	Private	24	0.8%
Nova Southeastern University	FL	Private	23	0.8%
Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	Public	22	0.8%
Midwestern University - AZ	AZ	Private	22	0.8%
Creighton University	NE	Private	18	0.6%
Harvard University	MA	Private	17	0.6%
Roseman University of Health Sciences	UT	Private	15	0.5%
Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health	AZ	Private	14	0.5%
University of Michigan	MI	Public	14	0.5%
University of Louisville	KY	Public	12	0.4%
Medical University of South Carolina	SC	Public	11	0.4%
Indiana University	IN	Public	11	0.4%
Ohio State University	OH	Public	11	0.4%
Lincoln Memorial University	TN	Private	11	0.4%
University of Colorado	CO	Public	10	0.3%
University of Detroit Mercy	MI	Private	10	0.3%
Meharry Medical College	TN	Private	10	0.3%
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC	CA	Private	9	0.3%
Rutgers School of Dental Medicine	NJ	Public	9	0.3%
University of Kentucky	KY	Public	8	0.3%
Western University of Health Sciences	CA	Private	7	0.2%
University of North Carolina	NC	Public	6	0.2%
University of Connecticut	CT	Public	6	0.2%
University of California, San Francisco	CA	Public	6	0.2%
University of Minnesota	MN	Public	5	0.2%
Marquette University	WI	Private	5	0.2%
University of the Pacific	CA	Private	5	0.2%
High Point University	NC	Private	4	0.1%
Oregon Health & Science University	OR	Public	4	0.1%
Stony Brook University	NY	Public	4	0.1%
Missouri School of Dentistry & Oral Health	MO	Private	3	0.1%
University of Florida	FL	Public	2	0.1%
Texas A&M University	TX	Public	2	0.1%
University of Iowa	IA	Public	2	0.1%
Lyon College School of Dental Medicine	AR	Private	1	0.0%
Loma Linda University	CA	Private	1	0.0%
University of Alabama	AL	Public	1	0.0%
Universidad Ana G. Mendez	PR	Private	1	0.0%
University of California, Los Angeles	CA	Public	1	0.0%
University of Nevada, Las Vegas	NV	Public	1	0.0%
University of Utah	UT	Public	1	0.0%
Northeast Ohio Medical University	OH	Public	1	0.0%
University of Texas at Houston	TX	Public	1	0.0%