by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Dentistry. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Dentistry is a major offered under the health professions program of study at University of Connecticut. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in dentistry, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at UCONN paid an average of $2,157 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $940 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $16,908 | $38,820 |
| Fees | $2,756 | $2,756 |
UCONN does not offer an online option for its dentistry doctor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UCONN Online Learning page.
Women made up around 50.0% of the dentistry students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 51.1%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 44.2% of the dentistry doctor’s degrees at UCONN in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 39%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 12 |
| Black or African American | 4 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 7 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 29 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Dentistry students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Dentistry | 52 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to dentistry.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication Sciences | 13 |
| Medicine | 101 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 82 |
| Public Health | 1 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 36 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.