University of New England 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.

UNE College of Dental Medicine is the private D.M.D. program in Portland, Maine — and the only dental school in Maine and Northern New England, per the school's own program page. If you're sizing up your target list, here's exactly what UNE has told applicants about its own admissions bar, straight from its official pages, with nothing rounded or guessed.

UNE dental school stats at a glance

UNE's average DAT score

UNE doesn't publish a named class profile with a single Academic Average mean or median. Instead, per the school's D.M.D. admissions page, it states plainly, in its GPA and Test Score Recommendations section: "Average accepted applicants tend to have GPAs ranging from 3.3 to 3.8 as well as best attempt scores of 400+ for each section of the DAT." That's a per-section floor on the new 200-600 DAT scale — not a composite score, and not tied to any single named entering class. This is the description shown on the current (July 2026) admissions page, covering the Fall 2027 cycle.

Using the ADA's own percentile table, a 400 on the new scale lands close to the middle of the national distribution — roughly the 52nd to 56th percentile depending on the section, per our DAT score percentiles guide. So UNE's 400+ per-section floor sits near the midpoint of the national applicant pool, not the top of it. Want to see where your own scores land against that 400 mark? Run them through our DAT score converter.

UNE's average GPA

Per the same admissions page, UNE reports that average accepted applicants have GPAs ranging from 3.3 to 3.8, described as a total GPA — the page doesn't break out a separate science (BCP) GPA average. Elsewhere on the same page, UNE lists a minimum overall GPA and a minimum BCP GPA of 3.0, both notably below the 3.3-3.8 range it reports for accepted applicants.

Class size, deadline, and tuition

UNE's D.M.D. program page states directly: "Within our small D.M.D. class size of 70 students, you will make meaningful and lasting personal and professional connections." The same figure also appears on the admissions page. For context, UNE's very first entering class, in August 2013, was 64 students — so 70 reflects the program's current, steady-state size rather than a number pulled from one specific recent cycle.

Per UNE's admissions page, the AADSAS deadline is November 1, 2026 for the Fall 2027 entering class, with the application cycle opening May 12, 2026. UNE participates in the centralized ADEA AADSAS application and runs rolling admissions, which is why the school recommends applying early rather than waiting until the deadline.

Per UNE's Student Financial Services cost page, tuition for the 2026-2027 academic year is $82,390 per year, applying uniformly across all four years of the traditional track. UNE is private, so — unlike public programs with in-state and out-of-state tiers — the same tuition figure applies to every student regardless of residency. The page notes its rates don't factor in potential future increases, so confirm the current figure before you budget.

What makes UNE's D.M.D. program distinct

A few things worth knowing beyond the raw numbers, all per UNE's own pages. The prerequisite list explicitly requires Anatomy or Anatomy & Physiology I & II (4-8 credits with labs) alongside general biology, microbiology, general and organic chemistry, and biochemistry — a standalone anatomy requirement not every D.M.D. program lists separately, per the admissions page. The curriculum also runs on an interprofessional, team-based learning model, with dental students studying alongside UNE's Osteopathic Medicine (COM) and Physician Assistant program students, per the college's main page. And as the only dental school in Maine and Northern New England, UNE's teaching clinic — the Oral Health Center — handles about 17,000 patient visits per year, with fourth-year students completing community-based clinical rotations across Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, per the D.M.D. program page.