 Hi guys, today let's have a lighter macro view on dental programs and see which ones from a statistics perspective are easier to get into. Let's jump in. Hi, I'm Dr. Josie. This is Write Your Acceptance. Welcome. Welcome. I have been working with medical and dental school students for multiple cycles now working with hundreds of students really focused on elevating your message so you stand out beyond your statistics for the best personal statement coaching and really overall messaging for your dental school application. Make sure you hit that subscribe button so you don't miss a video. All right, let's get into it. So the first school I want to get into is the University of Mississippi. The acceptance rate is between 20.73 and 29.4 percent. The average GPA is 3.54. The average DAT score was a 19.3 from an overall number of applicants which was 193 a couple cycles ago. The number of actual enrollments was 40. In state that was 27.9 percent so almost all of them if not all of them came in from in state. Number two that we'll talk about the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Dentistry. So the acceptance rate here is 12.8 percent. The GPA average cumulative was 3.76. The average DAT score was 20.5. According to the latest data that they had which was 2021 we had more kind of in-state out-state but still very in-state favored so overall a number of applicants was 851 about a hundred and nine hundred and ten enrolled that was the kind of you know overall 12.8 percent. In-state 148 applied and 62 got in and or enrolled rather and out of state about 700 applied and 46 got in or enrolled so there's a difference there right between getting accepted and actually getting enrolled so 62 students in-state enrolled and 46 students in-state enrolled so that was about a 41.9 percent acceptance rate for the in-state students. Number three is the University of Utah. They have a 25.73 percent acceptance rate and so this feels pretty high based on a couple of sources that I was looking at and I'll link all the sources below in the description but I think this is more kind of just in-state numbers than anything else but I will show you kind of the sources. The average DAT score was 21. The average pre-dental GPA so you know undergrad GPA was a 372. This is a large public university in Salt Lake and so in another source I see an acceptance rate of about 10.4 percent and I think that's kind of looking at both in-state and out-of-state so from a numbers perspective number of applicants in total was 479 in-state was 141 of those 479 about 26 enrolled in the program making it about 18.4 percent acceptance rate and 336 out-of-state applied and 24 enrolled making that 7.14 percent. Now we're talking kind of very very low numbers and these are still very very favorable and competitive dental programs so this is just giving you a heads up and kind of some numbers to get a sense of one how competitive it is but two where you have kind of you know some favorability if you're looking for kind of based on average DAT scores and stuff like that. So the next school number four is the University of New England another high acceptance rate that I saw on one website 21.54 average DAT score was a 19.2 the average pre-dental GPA was a 3.58. Now this is a private institution with several campuses so they do have kind of a larger enrollment I didn't get access to any of their enrollment numbers they did kind of on their website really recommend the typical a minimum of 30 hours of dental shadowing community service the two letters of evaluation of you know recommendation so if you want to see how kind of you want to you know ask for and think about letters of recommendation I will link it above but this is definitely a program that one I've had multiple students get into and two that kind of is in the mix with regards to kind of competitive favorable programs. Number five is the Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health so the acceptance rate is about 13.08% GPA 3.42 average DAT score is a 19.5 another option that you want to kind of look into is East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine so their acceptance rate is about sitting at about 13% 15.6% for in-state students the average GPA is a 3.6 the average DAT score is a 20.45 this program in particular has a cutting edge kind of facility simulation lab patient clinics clinical research areas that's about 188,000 square feet and so they don't have a lot of numbers on their website but they do have some information about their resources their resources for students and so that may be something to check out. Number seven that I want to talk to you guys about is University of Puerto Rico School of Dental Medicine acceptance rate is 10 percent the average GPA is 3.46 the average DAT is a 17.4 I've actually had a couple students matriculate into this program and really be very successful in throughout kind of the life of the program and then off as professionals so they're looking for really kind of students who prioritize community health global kind of remedying global inequities especially in access to oral health care and so I'll put kind of a couple of details in the description if you want to learn a little bit more about that program. One little detail that I did want to mention about this program is they they opened their application August 1st so that is slightly you know quite a few weeks after dental school programs state side so that's something to to consider as you're planning your application. Number eight is Augusta University Dental College of Georgia the acceptance rate is 11.3 the average GPA is clocking in at 3.67 and the average DAT is 21 the numbers I got access to in 2023 there were 852 total applicants 307 from Georgia 545 out of state and so 87 Georgia applicants matriculated and eight out of state matriculated. Are you applying this upcoming cycle and want to chat about how I work with students how we could elevate your language from personal statement to your activity section to interview prep schedule your call the link will be in the description and we can talk soon. All right so here are some honorable mentions the first one the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry acceptance rate is 10.21% average GPA is 358 average DAT score is 20.9 the DDS class of 2026 includes 105 learners 59 women 46 men the class includes 28 ethnically diverse members 68 residents of the state of Minnesota and 15 out of state but of the region. Another honorable mention Ohio State University College of Dentistry their acceptance rate is 12.55 their average GPA is 365 and average DAT is 21 they are the fifth largest public dental school program in the nation next program the University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry average acceptance rate is 9.4 I've had great luck with this school where a few of my students have gotten into this program and really really just kind of thrive there and love it average GPA 361 average DAT between 19.6 and 20.2 depending on what sources you're looking at so here I did get more numbers from a couple cycles ago the number of applicants was about 1500 and 143 enrolled that comes out to 9.4 percent in state 386 applied in 72 matriculated at a state 890 applied and 49 matriculated which is quite a nice kind of bigger a number right international as well 241 applied 22 matriculated so it was actual international acceptance was higher than out of state another honorable mention is Lincoln Memorial University I have a couple of active dental students in that program and loving it there their average DAT was 18.8 average GPA is a 3.4 one more honorable mention the University of Louisville the acceptance rate is sitting at 20 percent average DAT is 20.2 average pre dental GPA is 3.59 and before I forget one of the preeminent HBCU's Howard University is definitely on my kind of favorable list and their acceptance rate is a 20.14 percent their average DAT score comes out at 18 average GPA is about 3.31 so as you are kind of working through your dental program list and you are thinking about obviously what in-state programs you're applying to what out of state programs you're considering I hope you look at a couple of these to consider and if you want to learn about how I work with students definitely get on my calendar and we can start talking about how I work with you to elevate your message and really fine tune and be that memorable candidate on the page that you are in person so that you can secure that interview and then the acceptance we'll talk soon thanks so much for watching bye