2025 Best Dentistry Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

Ranked #7 in popularity, dentistry is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Dentistry Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 139 doctor's degrees in dentistry during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on dentistry students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other dentistry students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for dentistry to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized dentistry related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for dentistry students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Dentistry Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Dentistry Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Dentistry in North Carolina

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in dentistry.

Top North Carolina Schools for a Doctorate in Dentistry

1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

90 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in dentistry. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public university located in the city of Chapel Hill.More information about a doctorate in dentistry from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2

East Carolina University
Greenville, NC

49 Annual Graduates

East Carolina University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in dentistry. ECU is a very large public university located in the city of Greenville.More information about a doctorate in dentistry from East Carolina University

Best Dentistry Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Dentistry Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	138	215
Virginia	127	105
Georgia	126	96
Mississippi	113	35
Louisiana	103	69
Tennessee	102	146
Alabama	98	78
South Carolina	91	76
Kentucky	87	186
West Virginia	49	46

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Rankings in Majors Related to Dentistry

Dentistry is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Dentistry Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Dentistry	139

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Medicine	690
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	528
Nursing	470
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	374
Public Health	27
Health & Medical Administrative Services	24
Alternative Medicine & Systems	24
Communication Sciences	23
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies	8
Medical Illustration & Informatics	4

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Michal Jarmoluk. More about our data sources and methodologies.