52% stayed home, and residents fill 50% of Wisconsin's seats.
Matriculants from Wisconsin by the state of their dental school, 2011–2025. Hover a state for the count.
From 2011 to 2025, 1,418 students from Wisconsin started dental school, 22nd in the nation. 52% stayed in Wisconsin, 0% at an in-state public school.
The 685 who left went to 28 other states. The most popular out-of-state school was University of Minnesota (MN), with 115 students.
Wisconsin's dental school enrolled 1,461 students over the same years, 50% of them residents. Illinois (300) and Michigan (85) sent the most outsiders.
Wisconsin's dental school enrolled 1,461 students; 50% were residents. Top out-of-state feeders:
| School | State | Type | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marquette University | WI | Private | 733 | 51.7% |
| University of Minnesota | MN | Public | 115 | 8.1% |
| Midwestern University - IL | IL | Private | 90 | 6.3% |
| University of Iowa | IA | Public | 59 | 4.2% |
| Creighton University | NE | Private | 47 | 3.3% |
| Midwestern University - AZ | AZ | Private | 33 | 2.3% |
| University of Louisville | KY | Public | 24 | 1.7% |
| Tufts University | MA | Private | 22 | 1.6% |
| University of Michigan | MI | Public | 21 | 1.5% |
| Missouri School of Dentistry & Oral Health | MO | Private | 19 | 1.3% |
| Indiana University | IN | Public | 16 | 1.1% |
| Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health | AZ | Private | 15 | 1.1% |
| University of Pennsylvania | PA | Private | 15 | 1.1% |
| LECOM College of Dental Medicine | FL | Private | 15 | 1.1% |
| University of New England | ME | Private | 14 | 1.0% |
| Columbia University | NY | Private | 13 | 0.9% |
| Boston University | MA | Private | 13 | 0.9% |
| University of Detroit Mercy | MI | Private | 12 | 0.8% |
| New York University | NY | Private | 12 | 0.8% |
| Harvard University | MA | Private | 12 | 0.8% |
| Roseman University of Health Sciences | UT | Private | 12 | 0.8% |
| Touro College of Dental Medicine | NY | Private | 10 | 0.7% |
| University of Utah | UT | Public | 8 | 0.6% |
| Temple University | PA | Public | 8 | 0.6% |
| University of Illinois Chicago | IL | Public | 6 | 0.4% |
| University of Colorado | CO | Public | 6 | 0.4% |
| University of Pittsburgh | PA | Public | 6 | 0.4% |
| University of California, San Francisco | CA | Public | 5 | 0.4% |
| Oregon Health & Science University | OR | Public | 5 | 0.4% |
| Nova Southeastern University | FL | Private | 5 | 0.4% |
| University of Maryland | MD | Public | 4 | 0.3% |
| Ohio State University | OH | Public | 4 | 0.3% |
| Case Western Reserve University | OH | Private | 4 | 0.3% |
| Western University of Health Sciences | CA | Private | 4 | 0.3% |
| University of Nebraska Medical Center | NE | Public | 3 | 0.2% |
| Kansas City University | MO | Private | 3 | 0.2% |
| Meharry Medical College | TN | Private | 3 | 0.2% |
| University of Tennessee | TN | Public | 3 | 0.2% |
| Medical University of South Carolina | SC | Public | 3 | 0.2% |
| University of North Carolina | NC | Public | 2 | 0.1% |
| Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC | CA | Private | 2 | 0.1% |
| Loma Linda University | CA | Private | 1 | 0.1% |
| University of California, Los Angeles | CA | Public | 1 | 0.1% |
| University of the Pacific | CA | Private | 1 | 0.1% |
| University of Missouri, Kansas City | MO | Public | 1 | 0.1% |
| University of Kentucky | KY | Public | 1 | 0.1% |
| LSU Health Sciences Center | LA | Public | 1 | 0.1% |
| Howard University | DC | Private | 1 | 0.1% |
| University at Buffalo | NY | Public | 1 | 0.1% |
| Stony Brook University | NY | Public | 1 | 0.1% |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | VA | Public | 1 | 0.1% |
| Rutgers School of Dental Medicine | NJ | Public | 1 | 0.1% |
| University of Oklahoma | OK | Public | 1 | 0.1% |