Loma Linda 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.

Loma Linda University School of Dentistry (LLUSD) is a private DDS program in Loma Linda, California. Its annual class profile PDF is the source for nearly every figure below; we pulled it via the Wayback Machine because the live link on LLUSD's own server currently 404s, though the archived copy is the identical school-published document.

Average DAT score at Loma Linda

Per the school's published class profile, the Class of 2028 (entering 2024) posted a mean Academic Average (AA) of 20.87, a mean PAT of 21.00, and a mean Total Science score of 20.40 — all on the old 1–30 DAT scale. LLUSD's profile does not report these means on the new 200–600 scale, so we're presenting the old-scale figures exactly as the school published them. For context, the prior entering class (Class of 2027, entering 2023) averaged AA 20.70, PAT 21.03, and Total Science 20.51, per the same series of official PDFs — a class-over-class shift of less than two-tenths of a point on AA.

Average GPA at Loma Linda

The same class profile lists a mean cumulative GPA of 3.61, a mean science GPA of 3.53, and a mean non-science GPA of 3.77 for the Class of 2028. The prior cohort (Class of 2027, entering 2023) averaged 3.57 cumulative, 3.53 science, and 3.72 non-science, per the school's published class profile.

Class size

LLUSD's class profile PDF doesn't print a single "class size" line. We derived 103 for the Class of 2028 by adding the published gender breakdown — 37 female and 66 male students — per the school's published class profile. The prior entering class (2023) summed to 101 (50 female, 51 male) by the same method.

Application deadline

Per LLUSD's official admissions page, the AADSAS application window runs from June 1 to November 1, and the school recommends submitting before August, with the DAT preferably completed by October prior to intended matriculation.

Tuition

LLUSD doesn't publish a specific annual tuition dollar figure in the admissions or catalog pages we could access; the school's materials reference "Estimated Student Expenses" and a deposit structure but no single tuition number. Check the school's admissions page for the current cycle's cost of attendance.

Where a 20.87 AA lands nationally

Loma Linda's published mean AA of 20.87 is on the old 1–30 scale, which the ADA has since replaced with a 200–600 scale. To see where an old-scale score like that falls nationally, or convert it directly, use our DAT score percentiles guide or our DAT score converter. LLUSD's class profile is a mean, not a minimum or a cutoff — treat it as a data point about where recent admitted classes landed, not a bar you must clear exactly.

What else stands out about LLUSD admissions

A few things in LLUSD's own published requirements are worth flagging if you're building a competitive application. First, the spiritual recommendation form is not optional — it's a required piece of the supplemental application, per the school's admissions page, distinct from the academic and professional letters most schools ask for. Second, LLUSD's shadowing requirement (50 hours minimum, 100 recommended) sits above what the school describes as some peer programs' minimums, so applicants planning around a bare-minimum shadowing count elsewhere should plan for more here. Third, the no-AP-credit policy on science prerequisites is stricter than many programs: every one of biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry, physics, and biochemistry has to be completed in person at a U.S. or Canadian school, within 5 years of admission, per LLUSD's admissions page.