University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni 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.

Pacific's Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, in San Francisco, is a private DDS program that runs a 3-year, year-round calendar instead of the traditional 4-year track. Here's what the school itself publishes about who gets in.

Pacific Dugoni admissions stats at a glance

Average DAT score

Per the school's admissions FAQ page, Pacific reports incoming-class average DAT subscores as Academic Average 22, Perceptual Ability 21, Quantitative Reasoning 22, Reading Comprehension 22, Biology 22, General Chemistry 21, Organic Chemistry 22, and Total Science 21. The page doesn't explicitly label which DAT scale it's using, but every one of those subscores sits in the 21–22 range, which lines up with the old 1–30 DAT scale rather than the new 200–600 scale — a 22 AA on the new scale would read as 460, not 22. The same FAQ page also states plainly that "competitive scores this year were 22 and higher." Pacific doesn't tie these averages to a specific named class year on that page, so treat this as the most recent snapshot the school has published rather than a permanent cutoff, and check the school's admissions page for the current cycle's numbers.

If you're trying to place a 22 AA (old scale) or its 460 equivalent (new scale) in context, our DAT score percentiles guide walks through the ADA's own percentile tables, and our DAT score converter will convert any old- or new-scale score you're working with, section by section, so you can see exactly where a Pacific-competitive score lands nationally.

Average GPA

Per the school's admissions FAQ page, Pacific's incoming class averaged a 3.6 overall GPA and a 3.5 science GPA. As with the DAT figures, the page doesn't specify a labeled class year, so this reflects the most recently published incoming-class data at the time we sourced it.

Class size and how many people apply

Per the school's admissions FAQ page, "this year more than 2,700 individuals applied for 140 positions" in the entering DDS class — 140 seats is the class size the school publishes. Pacific does not publish an official acceptance rate on the pages we sourced, so we haven't calculated or estimated one here; check the school's admissions page for the current cycle's applicant totals.

Application deadline

Per the school's admissions FAQ page, "the official deadline is early February," and the earliest possible AADSAS submission is in June. The admissions-requirements page adds that DAT scores submitted before November 1 are given priority review, so applying and testing early matters more than the hard deadline itself.

Tuition

Per the school's tuition-and-fees page, tuition for the 2026–2027 academic year for the DDS program is $135,700. Pacific is a private institution with a single tuition rate rather than separate resident and non-resident tiers.

A few things worth knowing about Pacific Dugoni

• The DDS program runs on a year-round academic calendar and is completed in 3 calendar years instead of the traditional 4, per University of the Pacific's own program materials referenced on its tuition-and-fees and admissions requirements pages.
• An in-person interview is required for admission consideration, per the school's admissions FAQ; interviews run roughly September through March and include individual interviews with Admissions Committee members, an orientation seminar, and a campus tour.
• Applicants coming through Pacific's own Pre-Dental Advantage pathway programs can't use AP, IB, or early-college credit to skip required chemistry and biology courses — they still have to take the equivalent core science courses at Pacific, per the school's Pre-Dental Preparation and Requirements page.