Columbia dental school acceptance rate

How the Columbia rate is worked out

Columbia University College of Dental Medicine does not post exact applicant and admission counts for one class, so we don't give a rate and don't estimate one. What it does publish is its class size: 92 students. For schools that do publish applicant counts, see the table of dental school acceptance rates by school.

Columbia DAT scores and GPA

Columbia reports an average overall GPA of 3.84 (Class of 2030). Source

These describe admitted students, not cutoffs. See how they compare across schools in our average GPA for dental school guide, and work out your own with our AADSAS GPA calculator.

What Columbia asks of applicants

• Columbia requires a bachelor's degree from a US accredited college or Canadian institution, coursework in English composition or literature or a writing intensive class in a non-English department, at least eight credits each of physics, biology, inorganic or general chemistry and organic chemistry with lab, plus a semester of biochemistry with no lab required. Source
• Columbia sets no minimum GPA or DAT score requirements, noting that the class entering in 2025 had an average GPA of 3.8 and a mean DAT score of 24, and invites designated applicants to complete an online asynchronous Kira Talent video assessment. Source
• Columbia lists DDS tuition of $105,048 a year for 2026-27. Source

For the courses, DAT and shadowing most schools ask for, see our dental school requirements guide.

The Columbia dental school interview

Columbia accepts AADSAS applications from June 1st to December 31st with a $75.00 supplemental application fee and reviews applications on a rolling basis beginning in August. Selected applicants are notified through the AADSAS portal for interviews held on Fridays from September to February over Zoom, and first-round acceptance offers go out on December 1st with 30 days to respond. Source

About Columbia University College of Dental Medicine

• Columbia says the 92-member Class of 2030 was chosen from nearly 2,000 applicants across 22 states and 58 colleges and universities, and entered with an average GPA of 3.84 and an average DAT score of 26, without saying which DAT score that is. Source
• Columbia dental students learn alongside medical students from the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons for the first 18 months under a pass/fail grading system, and Columbia says it is one of only four US schools that trains them together. Third- and fourth-year students work in small practice groups to care for patients from northern Manhattan. Source

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