2025 Best Orthodontics/Orthodontology Schools in the Great Lakes Region
4Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
45Orthodontics/Orthodontology Degrees Awarded
If you're seeking a degree in orthodontics/orthodontology, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #910 one in the country in terms of popularity.While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Orthodontics/Orthodontology Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 45 degrees in orthodontics/orthodontology annually.
Choosing a Great Orthodontics/Orthodontology School
The orthodontics/orthodontology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Orthodontics/Orthodontology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for orthodontics/orthodontology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Orthodontics/Orthodontology Degree Level
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Orthodontics/Orthodontology Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Orthodontics/Orthodontology in the Great Lakes Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the orthodontics/orthodontology degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Orthodontics/Orthodontology
Every student pursuing a degree in orthodontics/orthodontology needs to take a look at Case Western Reserve University. Case Western is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Cleveland. This university ranks 3rd out of 91 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 6 orthodontics/orthodontology students who graduated with this degree at Case Western in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat University of Michigan - Ann Arbor if you want to pursue a degree in orthodontics/orthodontology. U-M is a fairly large public university located in the city of Ann Arbor. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were approximately 7 orthodontics/orthodontology students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent data year.
Marquette University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in orthodontics/orthodontology. Located in the city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #114 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Marquette is a great university overall.
There were about 5 orthodontics/orthodontology students who graduated with this degree at Marquette in the most recent data year.
University of Detroit Mercy is a great option for students interested in a degree in orthodontics/orthodontology. Detroit Mercy is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Detroit. This university ranks 7th out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 18 orthodontics/orthodontology students who graduated with this degree at Detroit Mercy in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
The orthodontics/orthodontology program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Orthodontics/Orthodontology rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for orthodontics/orthodontology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
