The University of Michigan Ann Arbor is the best university in the world for dentistry and oral sciences, according to ShanghaiRanking Consultancy.
ShanghaiRanking used objective academic indicators and third-party data to measure the performance of 300 schools worldwide in several categories, including world-class faculty, world-class output, high-quality research, research impact and international collaboration. Read more about the methodology here.
Here are 52 U.S.-based universities that were ranked among the best in the world for dentistry and oral sciences in 2024:
1. University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
3. University of Washington (Seattle)
5. Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.)
6. University of California, San Francisco
8. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10. University of California, Los Angeles
13. University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
16. University of Iowa (Iowa City)
21. University at Buffalo, the State University of New York
23. New York University (New York City)
30. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
37. University of Florida (Gainesville)
40. University of Pittsburgh
43. University of Maryland, Baltimore
44. Texas A&M University (College Station, Texas)
47. Ohio State University - Columbus
48. Columbia University (New York City)
49. University of Connecticut (Storrs)
51-75. Augusta (Ga.) University
51-75. Stanford (Calif.) University
51-75. Tufts University (Somerville, Mass.)
51-75. University of Alabama at Birmingham
51-75. University of Illinois at Chicago
51-75. University of Southern California
51-75. Virginia Commonwealth University
76-100. Boston University
76-100. Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis
76-100. Oregon Health and Science University
76-100. Stony Brook (N.Y.) University
76-100. University of Louisville (Ky.)
76-100. University of Rochester (N.Y.)
101-150. Duke University (Durham, N.C.)
101-150. Texas A&M Health Science Center (Bryan, Texas)
101-150. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
101-150. University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (Aurora)
101-150. University of Missouri-Kansas City
101-150. University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Memphis)
151-200. Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland)
151-200. Medical University of South Carolina (Charleston)
151-200. Temple University (Philadelphia)
151-200. University of Kentucky (Lexington)
151-200. University of the Pacific (Stockton, Calif.)
151-200. University of Utah (Salt Lake City)
151-200. West Virginia University (Morgantown)
201-300. Indiana University Bloomington
201-300. Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore)
201-300. Loma Linda (Calif.) University
201-300. Marquette University (Milwaukee)
201-300. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick
201-300. University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
201-300. University of Detroit Mercy
201-300. University of Nevada – Las Vegas