Fifty-three dental schools in the U.S. are ranked among the best in the world, according to an annual ranking from ShanghaiRanking Consultancy, a higher education research organization.
The 2022 list ranks 300 dental schools from around the world. ShanghaiRankings used several indicators and third-party data to create the ranking, including research output, research influence, international collaboration, research quality and international academic awards.
Here are 53 U.S. dental schools included on the list and their rankings:
Note: New York University and the University of Pittsburgh both ranked at No. 17. Only the top 50 schools were ranked individually. Some universities have dental programs and not dental schools.
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor: No. 1
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: No. 2
Harvard University (Boston): No. 3
University of California Los Angeles: No. 5
University of California San Francisco: No. 6
University of Washington (Seattle): No. 7
University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia): No. 8
University at Buffalo, the State University of New York: No. 10
University of Iowa (Iowa City): No. 16
New York University (New York City): No. 17
University of Pittsburgh (Pa.): No. 17
Columbia University (New York City): No. 20
Stanford (Calif.) University: No. 24
University of Florida (Gainesville): No. 29
University of Southern California (Los Angeles): No. 34
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio: No. 35
The Ohio State University (Columbus): No. 37
University of Maryland, Baltimore: No. 41
Boston University: No. 44
Augusta (Ga.) University: No. 45
University of Louisville (Ky.): No. 48
University of Alabama at Birmingham: No. 49
Oregon Health and Science University (Portland): No. 51-75
Stony Brook (N.Y.) University: No. 51-75
Texas A&M University (College Station): No. 51-75
Tufts University (Medford, Mass.): No. 51-75
University of Connecticut (Farmington): No. 51-75
University of Illinois at Chicago: No. 51-75
University of Rochester (N.Y.): No. 51-75
Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis: No. 76-100
Medical University of South Carolina (Charleston): No. 76-100
Temple University (Philadelphia): No. 76-100
University of Minnesota Twin Cities (Minneapolis): No. 76-100
Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore): No. 101-150
Texas A&M Health Science Center (Bryan): No. 101-150
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston: No. 101-150
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (Aurora): No. 101-150
University of Kentucky (Lexington): No. 101-150
University of Missouri-Kansas City: No. 101-150
University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Memphis): No. 101-150
Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond): No. 101-150
Emory University (Atlanta): No. 151-200
University of the Pacific (Stockton, Calif.): No. 151-200
Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland): No. 201-300
East Carolina University (Greenville, N.C.): No. 201-300
Loma Linda (Calif.) University: No. 201-300
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine (Rochester, Minn.): No. 201-300
Nova Southeastern University (Davie, Fla.): No. 201-300
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick: No. 201-300
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (Houston): No. 201-300
University of Nevada, Las Vegas: No. 201-300
West Virginia University (Morgantown): No. 201-300
Yale University (New Haven, Conn.): No. 201-300