Bright outlook
Healthcare practitioners
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
- Median pay
- $352,220
- Outlook
- Faster than average
Doctoral or professional degree
- Complex Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Active Listening
ProgramsHealth Professions and Related Programs
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences
CIP51.05
48 colleges offer Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences. See what it covers, which degree levels are available and what graduates earn and borrow.
Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition
- Colleges offering it
- 48
- at its most common level
- Bachelor's earnings
- $70,345
- median, 1 year after
- Bachelor's debt
- $14,725
- median federal loans
Colleges offering it, by degree level
- Certificate
- 3
- Associate's
- 1
- Bachelor's
- 1
- Master's
- 48
- Post-baccalaureate certificate
- 4
- Doctoral
- 17
- First professional
- 4
- Graduate/professional certificate
- 36
What it covers
About Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences
An integrated or undifferentiated program that generally prepares dentists in one or more of the oral sciences and advanced/graduate dentistry specialties.
Definition: National Center for Education Statistics, Classification of Instructional Programs 2020, code 51.05.
Programs in this field
Colleges report these specific programs under CIP 51.05.
- Dental Clinical Sciences, General
- Advanced General Dentistry
- Oral Biology and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
- Dental Public Health and Education
- Dental Materials
- Endodontics/Endodontology
- Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery
- Orthodontics/Orthodontology
- Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics
- Periodontics/Periodontology
- Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology
- Digital Dentistry
By degree level
Earnings and debt by degree level
Medians across colleges of each college's own program median. Earnings are for graduates who received federal aid and were working.
| Degree level | Colleges | Median earnings | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate | 3 | $246,6604 yrs after · 1 college | Not reported |
| Associate's | 1 | Not reported | Not reported |
| Bachelor's | 1 | $70,3451 yr after · 1 college | $14,7251 college |
| Master's | 48 | $216,7284 yrs after · 11 colleges | $165,3146 colleges |
| Post-baccalaureate certificate | 4 | $228,4864 yrs after · 1 college | Not reported |
| Doctoral | 17 | Not reported | Not reported |
| First professional | 4 | $206,2884 yrs after · 1 college | $263,6011 college |
| Graduate/professional certificate | 36 | $234,3344 yrs after · 9 colleges | $246,09712 colleges |
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data, 2025. Colleges with too few graduates have their earnings and debt suppressed, so the number of colleges reporting is smaller than the number offering the program.
Careers
Careers this program leads to
Occupations linked to Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences by the NCES CIP–SOC crosswalk, highest national median pay first. Pay and outlook are BLS figures for each occupation.
- Bright outlook
Healthcare practitioners
Prosthodontists
- Median pay
- $311,180
- Outlook
- Faster than average
Doctoral or professional degree
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Speaking
- Bright outlook
Healthcare practitioners
Orthodontists
- Median pay
- $289,140
- Outlook
- Faster than average
Doctoral or professional degree
- Active Listening
- Complex Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
Healthcare practitioners
Dentists, All Other Specialists
- Median pay
- $224,990
- Outlook
- Slower than average
Doctoral or professional degree
- Bright outlook
Healthcare practitioners
Dentists, General
- Median pay
- $170,950
- Outlook
- Faster than average
Doctoral or professional degree
- Critical Thinking
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Active Learning
- Bright outlook
Education
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
- Median pay
- $107,310
- Outlook
- Much faster than average
Doctoral or professional degree
- Instructing
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Bright outlook
Community and social service
Health Education Specialists
- Median pay
- $64,070
- Outlook
- Faster than average
Bachelor's degree
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Writing
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- Public Health540 colleges
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Questions about Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences
How many colleges offer Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences?
Published colleges on CollegesRef report Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences at these degree levels: certificate (3 colleges), associate's (1 college), bachelor's (1 college), master's (48 colleges), post-baccalaureate certificate (4 colleges), doctoral (17 colleges), first professional (4 colleges), graduate/professional certificate (36 colleges). Counts are from College Scorecard field-of-study data (2025).
What do Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences graduates earn?
At the median college, bachelor's graduates in Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences earn $70,345 a year one year after finishing, across 1 college that report earnings. Figures cover graduates who received federal aid.