Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University: 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.

The Dental College of Georgia (DCG) at Augusta University is a public DMD program in Augusta, Georgia. Here's what the school itself has published about its DAT sub-scores, GPA, class size, deadline, and tuition, with every figure linked back to the exact Augusta University page it came from.

DCG / Augusta admissions stats at a glance

DCG / Augusta's average DAT score

DCG doesn't publish a single composite DAT number. Instead, its Admission Requirements Summary page lists the "Average for entering class of 2026" as Academic Average 440, Perceptual Ability 450, and Total Science 450, per the school's published class profile — and those three numbers are on the new 200–600 DAT scale the ADA switched to in March 2025. For comparison, the same source family reports the prior entering class of 2023 on the old 1–30 scale as Academic Average 21, Perceptual Ability 20, and Total Science 21, per the school's admissions FAQ. Those two sets of numbers aren't directly comparable side by side without running them through the ADA's own conversion, since the scale itself changed between cycles.

If you want to see exactly where a 440 AA or 450 Total Science actually lands relative to the national applicant pool, our DAT score percentiles guide walks through the ADA's official concordance and percentile tables, and our DAT score converter will translate an old-scale number to its new-scale equivalent (or vice versa) in one click — useful before you compare your own practice scores to what DCG has published for its two most recent entering classes.

DCG / Augusta's average GPA

DCG's Admission Requirements Summary page reports the entering class of 2026 averaged an overall GPA of 3.74 and a science GPA of 3.67, per the school's published class profile. The prior entering class of 2023 was slightly higher, at 3.75 overall / 3.69 science, per an older cached version of the same page family — so the GPA bar has held roughly steady, if anything dipping a hair between those two cycles rather than climbing.

Class size, deadline, and tuition

DCG's admissions FAQ states entering classes are "scheduled for 110 students," with "up to 10 percent of accepted students" being non-Georgia residents, per the school's admissions FAQ — meaning the large majority of the 110 seats each year go to Georgia residents. On timing, DCG's Admission Requirements Summary page states applicants "may submit your AADSAS application to DCG from June 4 through September 30, 2026, DCG's deadline for application," and the same FAQ page reiterates that the primary AADSAS application and DAT scores are due "no later than September 30th of the year preceding the academic year." The supplemental application, once emailed to an applicant, is due two weeks later.

For tuition, Augusta University's official Professional Programs Tuition page lists Georgia-resident DMD tuition at roughly $27,264 per year, plus about $2,025 in mandatory fees, for a total near $29,289 per year. Out-of-state tuition runs roughly $71,496 per year before fees, for a total near $73,521 per year. Both figures are for the Fall 2026–Summer 2027 academic year and exclude additional special or equipment fees (instruments, handpiece, insurance, and similar), which the school notes can add several thousand dollars more per year.

A few DCG / Augusta admissions quirks worth knowing

A handful of details from DCG's own admissions pages are easy to miss but can affect whether, or when, you're even eligible to apply. Georgia residency for admission purposes requires proof of residing in Georgia for at least 12 consecutive months before enrollment, and since only about 10% of each entering class of 110 is reserved for non-Georgia residents, DCG functions as a strongly resident-favoring public program, per the school's admissions FAQ. Applicants must also complete at least 90 semester hours (135 quarter hours) at an accredited American college or university before applying — meaning the earliest a student can typically apply is after their sophomore year — and interviews run from mid-August to early December, with a stated Decision Day of December 15, per the school's FAQ and its requirements page.

Bottom line

DCG's own numbers — a 440/450/450 DAT sub-score average on the new scale, a GPA around 3.7, and 110 seats a year (90% reserved for Georgia residents) — describe a public program with a clear in-state focus, but DCG does not publish an acceptance rate or a minimum score cutoff on its admissions pages, so we're not going to manufacture one. Use the figures above as the honest, sourced baseline, and check DCG's admissions pages directly for anything specific to your application cycle.