Roseman University College of Dental Medicine Cost: The Full 4-Year Breakdown

Roseman University of Health Sciences College of Dental Medicine, in South Jordan, Utah, is a private dental school — and its price reflects that, landing at #52 cheapest of the 64 schools in our cost dataset, above the roughly $430,000 median. Based on cost-of-attendance data from around 2021–2022, four years there ran about $484,543 before interest. Below is the year-by-year breakdown, what it really costs once student-loan interest is counted, and why your DAT score is the single biggest lever on this number.

On these figures: the dollar amounts come from published cost-of-attendance data from roughly 2021–2022, and reflect Roseman's single listed rate (as a private school, it charges the same tuition regardless of residency). Tuition and living costs rise about 3–5% a year, so the current 2026 total is likely 15–20% higher — our inflation-adjusted estimate is ~$567,000. Treat every number here as a planning estimate, and confirm the current figure directly with the school and at ada.org.

Roseman University College of Dental Medicine cost, year by year

Cost of attendance combines tuition & fees with the school-published cost of living (housing, food, transportation, supplies). Here is how the four years broke down in the source data:

Two things stand out. First, tuition is remarkably flat across the four years, easing off slightly each year rather than climbing — that predictability helps when you plan borrowing. Second, because Roseman is private, this is the only rate: there is no cheaper in-state discount to fall back on, which is exactly why your list of acceptances matters so much.

The number nobody shows you: cost with loan interest

Sticker cost of attendance is not what you repay. Most dental students finance with federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans that accrue interest while you are still in school. Once you fold that in, the Roseman four-year total climbs to roughly $617,509 — about $133,000 more than the sticker figure, before you have made a single payment. That interest gap alone is larger than the entire tuition bill at some public schools. It is the quietest, largest line item in dental education, and it is exactly why the school you choose compounds in your favor or against you for a decade after graduation.

How your DAT score changes this number

Here is the connection students miss: the DAT is the cheapest lever on the most expensive purchase of your life. A stronger DAT score widens the set of schools that will admit you — including your in-state public school and any school offering merit scholarships. Moving from a private seat like Roseman to a lower-cost public option — for a Utah resident, the University of Utah School of Dentistry at the in-state rate, or one of the cheapest schools nationally — can swing your total by $100,000 to $280,000. The exam that unlocks that difference costs a few hundred dollars. No other single decision in your pre-dental years has that kind of return.

That is the entire premise of DATPractice: be the highest-ROI, lowest-cost part of your journey. Do every practice test, understand every question, and walk in with a score that gives you the choice of the cheapest, best-fit school — instead of taking the only seat you can get.

How to pay less at Roseman (or anywhere)

• Maximize your DAT to open scholarship and lower-cost public options before you ever apply — it is the one lever entirely in your control.
• Compare in-state public alternatives, like the University of Utah for Utah residents, where a residency-based discount can dwarf any private-school aid.
• Apply early through ADEA AADSAS; later applicants compete for fewer seats and less aid.
• Borrow only cost-of-attendance, and understand Grad PLUS interest accrues immediately.
• Compare total cost with interest, not sticker tuition, when you weigh acceptances — the $133,000 interest gap here is the reason why.