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Marquette 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.
Marquette University School of Dentistry is a private DDS program in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Nearly everything below traces back to one document: Marquette's official one-page "Class of 2029 Profile," linked from the school's admissions FAQ. That profile covers the class that enrolled in Fall 2025 — "Class of 2029" is the expected graduation year, not the admission year. Deadline and tuition figures come from two other official Marquette pages, linked in place.
Marquette dental school stats at a glance
| Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| Avg DAT | Academic Average 21.11 / PAT Average 20.58 (old 1–30 scale) — source |
| Avg GPA | 3.75 overall / 3.68 science — source |
| Class size | 100 enrolled (50 Wisconsin residents / 50 non-residents) — source |
| Deadline | No fixed date — AADSAS opens mid-May, apply by early June recommended, credentials by Sept. 1 — source |
| Tuition | $61,490/yr Wisconsin residents / $70,150/yr non-residents (2025–26) — source |
Average DAT score
Marquette's Class of 2029 Profile lists "DAT SCORES — Academic Average 21.11" and a "PAT Average 20.58" for its Fall 2025 entering class, per the school's published class profile. These are recorded exactly as Marquette published them, on the old DAT scale (1–30) — not restated on the newer 200–600 scale, and not explicitly labeled mean vs. median, just presented as a class-wide average.
To see where a 21.11 AA sits nationally, and how it would translate to the new 200–600 scale, run it through our DAT score converter or check our DAT score percentiles guide, which reproduces the ADA's own concordance and percentile tables in full.
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Average GPA
The same entering class averaged a 3.75 overall GPA and a 3.68 overall science GPA, per the school's published Class of 2029 Profile. No separate minimum GPA is published on Marquette's admissions pages.
Class size and who gets in
Marquette enrolled 100 students for the Class of 2029 — a class the school splits evenly between 50 Wisconsin residents and 50 non-residents every year, per both the class profile and the school's admissions FAQ. That same profile reports 3,106 applications, 480 interviews, and 195 acceptances to fill those 100 seats, which works out to roughly a 6% acceptance rate by Marquette's own published numbers.
A couple of admissions quirks worth knowing, both per the Class of 2029 Profile PDF: Marquette accepts the Canadian DAT in addition to the standard ADA DAT, and applicants can submit their application after completing as few as 60 of the required 90 semester hours of pre-dental coursework. The school also requires a dedicated 3-semester-credit biochemistry course, separate from its 8-credit organic chemistry requirement — not every dental school breaks biochemistry out as its own standalone course — and suggests anatomy, cell biology, genetics, microbiology, and physiology as competitive electives.
Tuition and cost
Per Marquette Central's official 2025–26 tuition schedule, annual DDS tuition is $61,490 for Wisconsin residents (after an $8,660 state tuition subsidy) and $70,150 for non-residents. The bursar's page notes the resident subsidy — $4,330 per term — is tied to state legislative appropriations and is subject to change.
Application deadline and interview timeline
Marquette doesn't publish one hard AADSAS deadline date. Per the university's official bulletin, AADSAS opens mid-May and applicants are encouraged to apply by early June, with a complete credential file — transcripts, DAT scores, and letters — ideally received by September 1 for optimal consideration. From there, interviews run in October for non-resident applicants and November for resident applicants, with initial offers and denials going out December 1 and continuing on a rolling basis after that, per the same bulletin page.
How we use this data ourselves
Every figure here traces back to one of three Marquette.edu pages we linked directly, led by the school's own Class of 2029 Profile PDF. Worth double-checking yourself: that profile reflects the class that enrolled in Fall 2025, and Marquette hasn't published a newer snapshot as of this writing, so run your own numbers against Marquette's admissions page directly for anything changed this cycle.
FAQ: Marquette dental school admissions
What DAT score do you need for Marquette?
Marquette doesn't publish a minimum DAT score. What it does publish, in its official Class of 2029 Profile (the class that enrolled in Fall 2025), is an Academic Average of 21.11 and a PAT Average of 20.58, on the old 1–30 DAT scale as recorded — not converted to the new 200–600 scale. Treat these as the class average, not a cutoff, and check the school's admissions page for any update for the current cycle.
What GPA do you need for Marquette dental school?
Marquette's Class of 2029 Profile reports an overall GPA of 3.75 and an overall science GPA of 3.68 for its Fall 2025 entering class, per the school's published class profile. No separate minimum GPA is published.
How hard is it to get into Marquette dental school?
Marquette's own Class of 2029 Profile reports 3,106 applications, 480 interviews, 195 acceptances, and 100 students enrolled — roughly a 6% acceptance rate by the school's own published figures. The class is split evenly, 50 Wisconsin residents and 50 non-residents, per the same profile and the school's admissions FAQ.
When is the Marquette dental school application deadline?
Marquette doesn't publish one hard AADSAS deadline date. Per the university's bulletin, AADSAS opens mid-May and applicants are encouraged to apply by early June, with a complete credential file (transcripts, DAT, letters) ideally in by September 1 for optimal consideration. Interviews run in October for non-residents and November for residents, with initial decisions beginning December 1 and continuing on a rolling basis.
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