A.T. Still University Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ATSU-ASDOH): Average DAT, GPA, and How to Get In

Numbers below come from the school's own published materials as of July 2026 (each is linked to its source). Admissions stats shift every cycle — treat these as a snapshot and confirm on the school's official admissions page before you apply.

ATSU-ASDOH is a private DMD program in Mesa, Arizona, run by A.T. Still University. It was Arizona's first dental school, opening in 2003, and it runs a dual-degree track that lets DMD students simultaneously earn an MPH with a dental emphasis (per the school's PDF fact sheet). Here's what ASDOH itself publishes about who gets in and what it costs.

ATSU-ASDOH admissions stats at a glance

Average DAT score

ASDOH's official "By the Numbers" fast-facts page lists an average DAT of 19.62, on the old 1–30 scale, per the school's published fast-facts page. We cross-checked this against ASDOH's official PDF fact sheet, which labels the identical 19.62 figure explicitly as the "DAT academic average" for the "2019 ENTERING CLASS." The live fast-facts page itself doesn't state a class year, but its adjacent "Applications received" stat is explicitly dated "2018-2019" — strong evidence that this whole stats block is legacy 2018-2019-cycle data the school has left up rather than a freshly updated number. We could not find a more recent official DAT average for ASDOH anywhere on atsu.edu, despite checking the admissions-requirements, preparing-for-admission, and application-process pages. If you need the current cycle's figure, check the school's admissions page directly.

Since ASDOH reports on the old scale, it's worth translating that into today's context: our DAT score percentiles guide walks through the ADA's official percentile tables on the new 200–600 scale, and our DAT score converter can convert a 19.62-style old-scale average (or your own practice score) into its new-scale equivalent so you can see roughly where it falls nationally.

Average GPA

The same fast-facts page lists an average cumulative GPA of 3.43 and an average science GPA of 3.33, per ASDOH's published class profile. Interestingly, ASDOH's own downloadable PDF fact sheet — explicitly dated to the 2019 entering class — gives slightly different numbers for what looks like the same or an adjacent cohort: 3.37 cumulative and 3.23 science. That's a real inconsistency between two of the school's own official sources, not something we're guessing at, so we're flagging both rather than picking one. As with the DAT figure, neither page names a specific current class year.

Class size

ASDOH's fast-facts page lists an average class size of 78, with 304 total students enrolled across all four years, per the school's fast-facts page. The school's PDF fact sheet corroborates this, noting the 2019 entering class was actually 76 students, but adding that "beginning with class of 2024, class size will increase to 78" — so 78 reflects the post-2024 planned class size rather than a figure that's held steady for years.

Tuition

Per ATSU's official 2024-25 tuition and fees PDF, ASDOH's DMD tuition is $93,230 per year for Years 1 through 4, at a flat rate (ATSU is private, so there's no separate in-state/out-of-state distinction). On top of that, the school charges a $1,400/year student technology fee and a Year-1 equipment/lab fee of $13,436 that declines in later years, per the official tuition and fees schedule.

Application deadline

ASDOH does not publish a DMD-program-specific application deadline on any official page we could locate. Some deadlines exist elsewhere on atsu.edu, but they belong to different programs entirely — ASDOH's Graduate Orthodontics postdoctoral program has its own dates, and a December 1 deadline we found belongs to ATSU's sister school, MOSDOH, in Missouri. Neither applies to the ASDOH DMD program. Check the school's admissions page for the current cycle's deadline.

Things applicants overlook about ASDOH

A few details from ASDOH's own materials that catch applicants off guard:

• ASDOH's prerequisites go beyond the standard bio/chem/orgo/physics list — the school explicitly requires separate courses in Human Anatomy and Human Physiology, plus upper-division Biochemistry, per the school's fact sheet. If you're used to a shorter prereq checklist, plan for this before you apply.
• Fourth-year students complete roughly 24 weeks — about 37% of total clinical education — on external clinical rotations at more than 60 partner sites nationwide, including Indian Health Service/tribal clinics, VA clinics, community health centers, and mobile dental units, per the school's fact sheet and fast-facts page.
• ASDOH was Arizona's first dental school, opening in 2003, and offers a dual-degree track letting DMD students simultaneously earn an MPH with a dental emphasis, per the school's fact sheet.