Path32’s
Admissions Rankings 2021 quantify the admission standards of all 66 dental schools. All the data used is from the 2021-22 entering class. We use 4 main criteria in our
Admissions Rankings 2021. While there is undoubtably subjective criteria that go into the application process such as extracurriculars, interview, experience, recommendations, etc, we feel that these 4 objective and quantitative methods provide a good basis for the
Admissions Rankings 2021.
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DAT scores- each school reports the average DAT scores of its incoming class. Each school reports 3 different DAT scores-
Academic,
Science, and
Perceptual Ability. We use a weighted average of these 3 scores to rank each dental school.
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GPA- each school reports the undergraduate GPA of its incoming class. Each school reports 2 different GPA’s-
Overall and
Science. We use a weighted average of these 2 scores to rank each dental school.
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Acceptance Rate- this metric quantifies how selective each school is when accepting applicants. The
Acceptance Rate is the # of accepted students/the # of applicants. A lower
Acceptance Rate indicates a more competitive school.
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Enrollment Rate- this metric quantifies how desirable each school is to accepted students. The
Enrollment Rate is the # of enrolled students/the # of accepted students. A higher
Enrollment Rate indicates a more desirable school.
Path32’s
Admissions Rankings 2021 produce a weighted average of these 4 metrics to rank each dental school.
Similar tables are available that are sorted by
DAT-Academic,
DAT-Science,
DAT-Perceptual,
GPA-Overall,
GPA-Science,
Acceptance Rate,
Enrollment Rate, and
Out-of-State %