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Creighton University School of Dentistry: 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.
Creighton University School of Dentistry is a private DDS program in Omaha, Nebraska. Because it's private, it charges one tuition rate regardless of where you live — no resident/non-resident split — and it markets itself as one of the more affordable private dental schools on that basis, per Creighton's own cost-of-attendance page. The stats below come from two Creighton.edu pages: a class-profile page for the entering class current as of August 2024 (the Class of 2028), and an admissions-requirements page for deadlines, interview format, and minimum score thresholds.
Creighton dental school stats at a glance
| Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| Avg DAT | AA 21 / PAT 21 / Total Science 20 (old 1–30 scale) — source |
| Avg GPA | 3.72 overall / 3.64 science — source |
| Class size | 117 students — source |
| Deadline | ADEA AADSAS: December 1 (supplemental materials December 15) — source |
| Tuition | $78,858/year (2026–2027) — source |
Average DAT score
Creighton's class profile reports mean scores of Academic Average 21, Perceptual Ability 21, and Total Science 20 for the class entering Fall 2024, per the school's published class profile ("Information shown is current as of August 2024"). These are recorded exactly as published, on the old DAT scale (1–30), not the new 200–600 rescale.
Here's where it gets confusing if you only read one Creighton page: the school's separate admissions-requirements page lists minimum DAT scores of Academic Average 370, Perceptual Ability 360, and Total Science 380, and those figures are on the new 200–600 scale, per the school's admissions FAQ. Creighton's two official pages currently mix scales — the class-profile means are old-scale, the stated minimums are new-scale — so don't average or convert the two together as if on the same axis.
Our DAT score percentiles guide walks through the ADA's official concordance and percentile tables so you can see where a 21 AA or a 370 AA actually falls nationally, and our DAT score converter will convert any old-scale score to the new 200–600 scale (and back) in one click.
Average GPA
The same entering-class cohort averaged a 3.72 overall undergraduate GPA and a 3.64 undergraduate science GPA, per the school's published class profile, current as of August 2024.
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Class size and who gets in
Creighton's entering class runs 117 students, per the school's published class profile. That same snapshot reports 2,072 applications for this cohort, a class split of 55 females and 62 males, a mean age of 23, and students from 30 states and 3 countries — per the same class-profile page. Creighton doesn't publish an acceptance rate, so we're not citing one.
Tuition and cost
Creighton's tuition for 2026–2027 is $78,858/year, applied across all four years with no resident/non-resident split since Creighton is private, per Creighton's official cost-of-attendance page. That page puts total cost of attendance at roughly $131,363 for year one and roughly $144,071 for year four. For comparison, 2025–2026 tuition was $76,932/year, per the same page.
Application deadline and interview format
Per Creighton's admissions-requirements page, the ADEA AADSAS application deadline is December 1, with supplemental materials due December 15. That page separately lists the DAT test-taking cutoff as November 15 — a different deadline from the application itself, so don't conflate the two.
Interviews at Creighton are mandatory and run in two parts: a virtual interview with an admissions committee member, plus a required in-person visit that includes a presentation/curriculum overview and facility tour, per the school's admissions-requirements page. The same page requires a minimum of 65 hours of shadowing a dental professional — general dentist and/or specialist.
How we use this data ourselves
Every figure on this page traces back to one of two Creighton.edu pages we linked directly — not a forum estimate. The one thing we'd flag twice: Creighton's class-profile means (21/21/20) and its stated minimum thresholds (370/360/380) are on two different DAT scales, and the school hasn't unified them on one page. Run your own score through our DAT score converter before comparing it to either number, then confirm anything that matters against the school's admissions page directly.
FAQ: Creighton dental school admissions
What DAT score do you need for Creighton?
Creighton's class profile page reports mean scores for the class entering Fall 2024 of Academic Average 21, Perceptual Ability 21, and Total Science 20, on the old 1–30 DAT scale, per the school's published class profile. Separately, Creighton's admissions-requirements page lists minimum DAT scores of Academic Average 370, Perceptual Ability 360, and Total Science 380 on the new 200–600 scale — the two Creighton pages currently mix scales, so don't average or convert them together. Check the school's admissions page for any update for the current cycle.
What GPA do you need for Creighton dental school?
The class entering Fall 2024 averaged a 3.72 overall undergraduate GPA and a 3.64 undergraduate science GPA, per Creighton's published class profile, current as of August 2024.
How hard is it to get into Creighton dental school?
Creighton doesn't publish an acceptance rate, so there's no official figure to cite. What the school's class profile does report is 2,072 applications received for a class of 117 seats (55 females, 62 males, mean age 23, students from 30 states and 3 countries), and its admissions-requirements page requires a minimum of 65 hours of shadowing plus a mandatory two-part interview — a virtual session and an in-person visit.
When is the Creighton dental school application deadline?
Per Creighton's admissions-requirements page, the ADEA AADSAS application deadline is December 1, with supplemental materials due December 15. That page separately lists the DAT test-taking cutoff as November 15, which is distinct from the application deadline itself.
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