by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is General Dental Clinical Sciences. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Virginia Commonwealth University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in dentistry and oral science, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at VCU paid an average of $1,448 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $707 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $12,703 | $26,041 |
| Fees | $2,497 | $3,187 |
The median early career salary of dentistry and oral science students who receive their master’s degree from VCU is $192,895 per year. That is 9% higher than the national average of $176,200.
VCU does not offer an online option for its dentistry and oral science master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the VCU Online Learning page.
Women made up around 46.7% of the dentistry and oral science students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 51.1%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 20.0% of the dentistry and oral science master’s degrees at VCU in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 29%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 2 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 5 |
| International Students | 2 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 5 |
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Dental Clinical Sciences | 15 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to advanced dentistry and oral sciences.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 35 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 4 |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 26 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 4 |
| Public Health | 15 |
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*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.