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2025 Best Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

7 Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
388 Dentistry & Oral Science Degrees Awarded
$213,309 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you're seeking a degree in advanced dentistry & oral sciences, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #249 one in the country in terms of popularity.As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for advanced dentistry & oral sciences students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 388 degrees in advanced dentistry & oral sciences annually.

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Choosing a Great Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences School

Best Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region Your choice of advanced dentistry & oral sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for advanced dentistry & oral sciences 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 Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Degree Level

Master's Degrees in Dentistry & Oral Science
Doctor's Degrees in Dentistry & Oral Science

The dentistry & oral science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

Best Schools for Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences in the Middle Atlantic 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 dentistry & oral science degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Dentistry & Oral Science

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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In PA

Every student pursuing a degree in advanced dentistry & oral sciences needs to look into University of Pennsylvania. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.

There were about 5 advanced dentistry & oral sciences students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent year we have data available.

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2
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In NJ

Every student pursuing a degree in advanced dentistry & oral sciences needs to take a look at Rutgers University - New Brunswick. Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public university located in the city of New Brunswick. A Best Colleges rank of #74 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Rutgers New Brunswick is a great university overall.

There were about 30 advanced dentistry & oral sciences students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in the most recent year we have data available.

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Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In PA
36 Dentistry & Oral Science Degrees Awarded

It is difficult to beat Temple University if you want to pursue a degree in advanced dentistry & oral sciences. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.

There were roughly 36 advanced dentistry & oral sciences students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent data year.

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4
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In PA

Every student pursuing a degree in advanced dentistry & oral sciences needs to look into University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.

There were about 30 advanced dentistry & oral sciences students who graduated with this degree at Pitt in the most recent year we have data available.

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5
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In NY
77 Dentistry & Oral Science Degrees Awarded

Located in the medium-sized city of Rochester, University of Rochester is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #82 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means University of Rochester is a great university overall.

There were roughly 77 advanced dentistry & oral sciences students who graduated with this degree at University of Rochester in the most recent year we have data available.

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6
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In NY
39 Dentistry & Oral Science Degrees Awarded

Located in the suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 18th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were about 39 advanced dentistry & oral sciences students who graduated with this degree at University at Buffalo in the most recent year we have data available.

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7
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MD
37 Dentistry & Oral Science Degrees Awarded

Located in the large city of Baltimore, UMB is a public university with a medium-sized student population.

There were about 37 advanced dentistry & oral sciences students who graduated with this degree at UMB in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best advanced dentistry & oral sciences colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 334 50
New York 333 47
Maryland 279 16
New Jersey 273 20
District of Columbia 188 0

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One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Dentistry & Oral Science Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Dental Clinical Sciences 115
Advanced General Dentistry 83
Orthodontics/Orthodontology 60
Oral Biology & Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology 28
Periodontics/Periodontology 27
Endodontics/Endodontology 24
Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics 16
Dental Public Health & Education 14
Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology 12
Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery 5

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 41,854
Health & Medical Administrative Services 9,159
Allied Health Professions 8,997
Public Health 8,836
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 7,463
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 6,988
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 6,889
Medicine 6,456
Health Sciences & Services 6,222
Communication Sciences 4,229

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