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Dental School Statistics   Application Advice Dental Application Info & FAQ DAT Information & FAQ Secondary Application Info Dentistry as a Career Life in Dental School Dental School Interview Dental School Statistics Paying For Dental School Dental Licensing Exam Information NBDE Part I Information NBDE Part II Information What is the average DAT score of applicants to dental school? The average DAT score for applying students is about 17. The average DAT score for accepted students is slightly above 19. However, average DAT scores for individual schools range 16 to 24. A break down showing the statistics of how people scored on each section of the DAT, including DAT scores by percent, can be viewed here. (password ada) What are the average stats for accepted dental students? The stats for dental schools vary greatly with average GPAs ranging from about 3.1 up to nearly 3.8 while the DAT scores range from 16 to 24. The average GPA and DAT statistics change year by year and have been steadily increasing over the last decade. While seven years ago the average dental school had entrance statistics of about a 3.2 or 3.3 and a 17 DAT score, the average has now climbed to a 3.5 GPA with a DAT Academic Average (AA) of slightly above 19. The below chart shows the average statistics for dental students who entered dental school in 2006. Average Dental School Statistics (2006 admission statistics):    Dental School    Alabama    Arizona    Baylor    Boston University    Buffalo    Case    Colorado    Columbia    Creighton    Detroit Mercy    Georgia    Harvard    Houston    Howard    Indiana    Iowa    Kentucky    Loma Linda    Louisville    LSU    Marquette    Maryland    Meharry    Michigan    Minnesota    Mississippi    MUSC    Nebraska    Nova    NYU    Ohio State    OHSU    Oklahoma    Penn    Pittsburgh    San Antonio    SIU    Stony Brook    Temple    Tennessee    Tufts    UCLA    UConn    UCSF    University of Florida    UIC    UMDNJ    UMKC    UNC    UNLV    UOP    USC    UW    VCU    WVU    Average Stats   Average GPA    3.58    3.46    3.51    3.23    3.57    3.5    3.71    3.49    3.53    3.54    3.5    3.77    3.59    3.09    3.52    3.7    3.52    3.27    3.57    3.56    3.5    3.5    3.1    3.51    3.63    3.63    3.59    3.78    3.6    3.29    3.52    3.58    3.63    3.68    3.54    3.74    3.64    3.71    3.33    3.45    3.41    3.65    3.57    3.61    3.6    3.45    3.47    3.64    3.6    3.51    3.37    3.47    3.45    3.36    3.54    3.5 Average DAT (AA)    19.2    18.59    19.5    20    19.35    19.36    19.6    22.16    18.92    19    19    24.4    19.19    17    18.72    19    18.44    20    18    19.1    18.44    20    16    19.58    19.4    17.4    19.3    18.6    19    19.06    18.98    19.55    19.51    21    19.83    19    19    21    18.8    18    19    22    20    20.6    19    19.3    19.28    18.3    19.7    19.27    20.5    20    21.22    19    18    19.3 Source: ADEA's Official Guide to Dental Schools 2007. How many people apply to dental school each year? The number of applicants to dental school has been increasing over the last 6 or 7 years which is one reason for the improvement in the GPA and DAT statistics of entering students. In 2006, nearly 11,000 applications were received for dental schools. This is a huge increase from the slightly more than 6,000 applications received in 2001. The following page shows a graph of the number of applicants to dental school over the last decade. Source: ADEA - www.adea.org. For more detailed admission statistics on individual schools along with specific information on each dental school including application requirements and curriculum details, get a copy of the American Dental Education Association's Official Guide to Dental Schools. Application Advice Dental Application Info & FAQ DAT Information & FAQ Secondary Application Info Dentistry as a Career Life in Dental School Dental School Interview Dental School Statistics Paying For Dental School Dental Licensing Exam Information NBDE Part I Information NBDE Part II Information

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