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American Dental Education Association

Applicants and First-Time Enrollees, 2000-2008

Source: American Dental Education Association, U.S. Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2007 and 2008 Entering Classes

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U.S. Dental School Applicants and First-Year Enrollment Trends 1980 - 2008



Total First-Year Enrollees, 2000-2008

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Grade Point Averages of Dental School Applicants, 2000-2008

3.23.18 3.19 3.2

3.25 3.24

3.283.3

3.33

3.08 3.07 3.07 3.07

3.13 3.12

3.16

3.23.22

2.90

2.95

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3.05

3.10

3.15

3.20

3.25

3.30

3.35

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

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Source: American Dental Education Association, U.S. Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2007 and 2008 Entering Classes and historic


Grade Point Averages of Dental School Enrollees, 2000-2008

3.353.41 3.42 3.42 3.44 3.49 3.5 3.5 3.52

3.253.32 3.32 3.32 3.35

3.41 3.42 3.5 3.46

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2.25

2.50

2.75

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3.25

3.50

3.75

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DAT Count, 2000-2008

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Age Distribution of Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2008

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Predental Majors of Applicants and Enrollees, 2008

Predental Major % of Applicants

% of Enrollees

Enrollment Rate

Language, Humanities, Fine Arts 3.8 3.8 39.6

Social Sciences 1.2 1.2 38.9

Biological Science 50.5 51.5 40.1

Chemistry/Physical Science 14.6 15.2 41.0

Math/ Computer Science 1.1 1.1 42.2

Engineering 2.4 2.7 44.3

Education .7 .6 34.5

Business 4.3 4.5 41.5

Pre-dentistry 14.3 13.0 35.7

Other Major 4.0 4.0 39.1

No Major/ Missing 3.2 2.4 29.5

Total 100.0 100.0 39.4

Source: American Dental Education Association, Applicant Analysis Survey, Using NCES BPS major field coding system


Percent of Applicants and Enrollees by Range of Grade Point Averages, 2008


GPA Scores

< 2.50 2.50 – 2.74 2.75 – 2.99 3.0 – 3.24 3.25 – 3.49 3.5 – 3.74 3.75+

Applicants

Science GPA 6.8% 8.0% 14.5% 20.1% 21.3% 16.3% 13.0%

Total GPA 2.8% 5.2% 10.4% 20.3% 25.0% 21.9% 14.4%

Enrollees

Science GPA 0.8% 2.5% 7.0% 16.6% 24.6% 25.3% 23.2%

Total GPA 0.3% 1.2% 3.7% 12.5% 25.1% 31.5% 25.7%


Percent of Applicants and Enrollees by Range of DAT Scores, 2008


DAT Scores

< 14 14 - 16 17 - 18 19 - 20 21+

Applicants

Academic Average 2.1% 22.4% 39.7% 27.0% 8.9%

Perceptual Ability 3.1% 19.0% 27.1% 29.7% 21.0%

Total Science 3.1% 24.2% 34.0% 27.3% 11.3%

Enrollees

Academic Average 0.1% 7.6% 36.6% 39.8% 15.9%

Perceptual Ability 0.7% 11.7% 25.7% 33.5% 28.4%

Total Science 0.2% 9.5% 31.9% 39.0% 19.4%


Percent of Applicants Enrolled in Dental School, 2000-2008



Percent of Applicants from Various Geographical Areas Enrolled in Dental School, 2008

54.3

41.5

35.5

41.6

39.2

43.6

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Geographical Source of Dental School Enrollees, 2008

New England4%

Mid-Atlantic16%

Southeast21%

Central19%

Southwest11%

Northwest9%

Far West20%

Source: American Dental Education Association, U.S. Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2007 and 2008 Entering Classes. The graphs reflect U.S. regions only.


Geographic Distribution of Applicants and Enrollees, 2008

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