Dental schools in Texas
Texas has 4 DDS/DMD dental schools in NextGen MedPrep's US school directory: Texas A&M College of Dentistry, TTUHSC El Paso Hunt School of Dental Medicine, UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry, and UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry. Compare each one's GPA figures, in-state preference rating, and interview format below, then see how residency is treated.
Studying dentistry in Texas
About Texas: Pop. ~30.5M; Houston (Texas Medical Center — the world's largest medical complex), Dallas, San Antonio, and Austin each have major medical ecosystems.
In-state preference: Texas public schools (UT Southwestern, UTHSC Houston, UTMB, UT Austin Dell, Texas Tech, TTUHSC El Paso, Texas A&M, UT Rio Grande Valley) very strongly favor Texas residents; public MD programs allocate 90–95%+ seats to in-state applicants. Baylor College of Medicine (private) admits nationally but still skews toward Texas applicants in practice.
Major health systems in Texas
- Texas Medical Center (collectively)
- Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
- HCA Houston Healthcare
- UT Southwestern Medical Center
- University Health (San Antonio)
- Dell Seton Medical Center
Dental schools in Texas
4 dental schools in Texas for 2027 entry. Click any program for its full how-to-get-in guide.
- GPA
- 3.62
- unconfirmed
- GPA
- 3.52
- unconfirmed
- GPA
- 3.62
- unconfirmed
- GPA
- 3.60
- unconfirmed
GPA figures are labeled median or mean when the school's own published class profile confirms them, and “unconfirmed” when it has not yet been checked — the school's page cites the source. In-state preference tags are NextGen MedPrep's rating, not school policy, unless marked “published policy”.
Residents vs out-of-state applicants in Texas
Of the 4 dental programs in Texas in our catalog, 4 are rated as giving strong preference to Texas residents. None of these programs has admissions figures we have confirmed on the school's own pages yet, so the table shows the in-state rating and verification status only. Each program's profile has more detail.
| Program | In-state preference | Data check |
|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M College of Dentistry | Strong | Not yet checked against the school's own page |
| TTUHSC El Paso Hunt School of Dental Medicine | Strong | Not yet checked against the school's own page |
| UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry | Strong | Not yet checked against the school's own page |
| UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry | Strong | Not yet checked against the school's own page |
The in-state preference column is NextGen MedPrep's rating from each school's matriculation pattern and admissions guidance, not a school policy, except where a row says “published policy”. A dash means the school has not published that figure in a form we could confirm. Sources for every confirmed figure are linked on the program's profile.
Nearby: other South states with dental schools
States in the same US Census region (South), with the number of dental schools in each.
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