2023 Most Well Attended Dentistry Major in North Carolina

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Dentistry Major in North Carolina” ranking.

In 2020-2021, 6,770 people earned their degree in dentistry, making the major the 105th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, dentistry graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $103,395 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.

Across North Carolina, there were 135 dentistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $107,169 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Dentistry Major in North Carolina” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in dentistry. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in dentistry.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Dentistry Major in North Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina dentistry students.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Dentistry in North Carolina

1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

#2 overall quality in North Carolina

$51,808 Average Early-Career Earnings

$16,418 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Dentistry Major in North Carolina list. This large school is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and it awarded 82 ’s dentistry degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UNC Chapel Hill Dentistry Report

2

East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina

#6 overall quality in North Carolina

$44,403 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,526 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Carolina University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Dentistry Major in North Carolina. Greenville, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s dentistry degrees to 53 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Dentistry at ECU

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Michal Jarmoluk.