Dental · Texas
Dental schools in Texas
On the CODA predoctoral search fetched October 28, 2026, Texas has 4 dental schools, in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and El Paso. Applications to Texas A&M University and The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio go through TMDSAS, the Texas Medical and Dental Schools Application Service, not AADSAS. Both list an October 1 deadline; check the program's page for the current cycle. The San Antonio school gives a minimum BCPM GPA of 2.8, a minimum DAT Academic Average of 390 on the 3-digit scale and a class of about 100. IPEDS records 104 dental degrees conferred at the Houston school and 40 at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso in 2024-25. No INBDE figures appear, since the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations does not publish pass rates by school. The May 2025 median wage for dentists in Texas was $162,360 (BLS OEWS).
INBDE results are not published by the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations, so this table has no results or class column.
| Program | City | Class size | Degrees conferred |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M University-College Station Texas A&M University College of DentistryCollege Station | College Station | Not published | 102 |
| Texas Tech University Health Scienes Center El Paso Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El PasoEl Paso | El Paso | Not published | 40 |
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston The University of Texas School of Dentistry at HoustonHouston | Houston | Not published | 104 |
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio The University of Texas at San Antonio School of DentistrySan Antonio | San Antonio | 100 | 107 |
Nearest dental schools outside Texas
INBDE results are not published by the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations, so this table has no results or class column.
Class size: no program in this table publishes it on the pages read so far.
| Program | State | City | Degrees conferred | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans Louisiana State University Health Science Center - New OrleansNew Orleans | LA | New Orleans | 78 | 319 |
| University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center University of Oklahoma College of DentistryOklahoma City | OK | Oklahoma City | 66 | 342 |
| Midwestern University-Glendale Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine- ArizonaGlendale | AZ | Glendale | 142 | 359 |
| University of Mississippi University of Mississippi School of DentistryUniversity | MS | University | 40 | 471 |
| The University of Tennessee Health Science Center University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of DentistryMemphis | TN | Memphis | 110 | 481 |