University of Connecticut School 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.

UConn School of Dental Medicine is the public DMD program in Farmington, Connecticut. If you're sizing up your target list, here's exactly what UConn has told applicants about its own class, straight from its Predoctoral Program admissions page, with nothing rounded or guessed.

UConn dental school stats at a glance

UConn's average DAT score

UConn doesn't publish a named class profile with a specific cohort's stats. Instead, per the school's admissions page, it states plainly: "Over the past several years incoming students have had an average science GPA of 3.5-3.6 and DAT total science score of 21-22." That's the DAT Total Science component specifically — not Academic Average — reported on the old 1-30 scale as a multi-year range rather than a figure tied to one named entering class. UConn's own admissions page does not give a new 200-600 scale equivalent for this number. The same page lists minimum benchmarks for initial application review of a 19 DAT Total Science score and a 3.2 Science GPA — both notably below the 21-22 / 3.5-3.6 average it reports.

If you want to know where a 21 or 22 Total Science actually falls nationally, or want to translate it to the new scale, our DAT score percentiles guide walks through the ADA's official percentile tables, and our DAT score converter will convert any old-scale or new-scale score so you can compare your own practice scores to UConn's published figure directly.

UConn's average GPA

Per the same admissions page, UConn reports only a Science GPA range for incoming students — 3.5-3.6 — over the past several years. No cumulative GPA figure appears alongside it, and the range isn't tied to a single named class year.

Class size and application volume

The only sourced, specific class-size number we could find is dated: a 2019 UConn Health news article reported the dean welcoming "the largest incoming class of 54 students," identified as the Class of 2023. UConn's current admissions page doesn't state an explicit annual class-size figure, so 54 may not reflect the most recent entering class — check the school's admissions page for the current cycle. On application volume, per the same page, UConn receives roughly 1,300 applicants per cycle, interviews about 170, and extends approximately 85 offers.

Application deadline

Per UConn's Predoctoral Program admissions page, the official AADSAS deadline is December 1 of the year prior to matriculation, though the school advises submitting before November 1. A $75 application fee applies.

Tuition

Per the school's admissions page, published annual tuition runs $35,810 for Connecticut residents, $62,667 for New England residents, and $73,564 for out-of-state students — each figure plus $2,627 in fees. UConn also requires a nonrefundable $1,500 deposit, applied toward tuition, upon acceptance. The published table doesn't carry an explicit academic-year label, so confirm the current figure before you budget. That New England resident tier exists because UConn is the only public dental school in New England and participates in the New England Regional Program, giving CT and other New England residents a reduced, non-out-of-state rate, per the school's admissions page.

What makes UConn's DMD program distinct

A couple of things worth knowing beyond the raw numbers, per the school's own admissions page: the first 18 months of the DMD curriculum are integrated with medical students in a Team-Based Learning, case-based model, and the mandatory interview is a full-day on-campus visit — a curriculum overview, student-led tour, lunch, and faculty interviews — rather than a short one-on-one format.

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