Lincoln Memorial University College of Dental Medicine: 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.

Lincoln Memorial University College of Dental Medicine (LMU-CDM) is a private dental program based in Knoxville, Tennessee. If you're building a target list, here's exactly what LMU-CDM has (and hasn't) told applicants about its own class, straight from lmunet.edu, with nothing rounded or guessed — including the two big stats it simply doesn't publish.

LMU-CDM stats at a glance

LMU-CDM's average DAT score

LMU-CDM does not publish an average DAT score tied to any specific entering class — not on its admissions pages, not in its catalog. What it does publish, per its own admissions and catalog pages, is a desired Academic Average of 19 or higher, presented as a threshold applicants should clear rather than a class mean. A third-party admissions-prep aggregator (not affiliated with LMU) separately states it sourced figures around 18.4 AA / 17.7 Total Science / 18.6 PAT for the Class of 2028, but that number could not be verified directly on lmunet.edu, so treat it as unconfirmed rather than official.

Since LMU-CDM won't give you a real target, use the DAT scale itself as your benchmark. Our DAT score percentiles guide walks through the ADA's official percentile tables, and our DAT score converter translates any score between the old 1–30 scale and the new 200–600 scale so you know exactly where a 19 AA (or higher) actually lands you.

LMU-CDM's average GPA

Same story on GPA: LMU-CDM has not published an average GPA for an entering class. Its catalog lists minimums of a 3.3 science GPA and a 3.2 non-science GPA — again, floors, not typical-accepted-student figures. Until the school publishes an actual class profile with averages, the honest answer is: not published — check the school's admissions page before assuming anything.

Class size and admissions volume

LMU-CDM's official academic program page is direct on this one: "Only 80 students are admitted to the DMD program each academic calendar year." A third-party aggregator separately reports 79 students enrolled out of 408 applicants for the Class of 2028 (the 2024 entering cohort). We're presenting both published numbers as-is rather than turning them into an acceptance-rate figure, since LMU-CDM itself hasn't published one.

Application deadline

LMU-CDM has not published a specific AADSAS or supplemental application deadline for its DMD program. The one deadline that does appear in the school's catalog — March 15 — belongs to the Dental Hygiene and MS in Forensic Dentistry programs, not the DMD program, so don't mistake it for a DMD cutoff. Confirm current-cycle dates directly on LMU-CDM's admissions page.

Tuition

Per LMU's official student financial services page, Year 1 tuition for the Class of 2030 is projected at $75,945, with a 4-year projected total of $317,730 (Year 4 landing at $82,990). LMU-CDM is a private program with a single published rate — there's no resident/non-resident split to worry about. That said, this is explicitly a cost-of-attendance projection assuming a 3% annual increase, and the page itself states "All amounts are subject to change without notice," so treat it as an estimate rather than a locked sticker price.

What makes LMU-CDM's DMD program distinctive

A few things worth knowing beyond the raw numbers, all confirmed in LMU-CDM's own official CDM Catalog 2023-2024 PDF and admissions pages. First, interviewed applicants complete a required chalk/soap carving exercise — 35 minutes, scored out of 12, with a minimum passing score of 7/12 — and the result factors into admissions scoring alongside GPA and DAT. Second, LMU-CDM offers a Direct Freshman Entry "BS/DMD" pathway: an 8-year combined program for high school seniors who hit an ACT of 25+ (or SAT 1250) and a 3.7 high school GPA, letting them skip the standard post-bac application cycle entirely. Third, every applicant must log 60 observation/shadowing hours in a general dentist's office, with signed documentation, before entering the DMD program.

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