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2026 Best Value Dental Public Health & Education Schools in Massachusetts

[Dental Public Health & Education](/majors/health-care-professions/advanced-dentistry-oral-sciences/dental-public-health-and-education/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The best values balance affordable tuition against strong post-graduation earnings.

For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools to find the best return on investment for dental public health & education students.

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• Best Value Dental Public Health & Education Schools in Massachusetts

2026 Best Value Dental Public Health & Education Schools in Massachusetts

Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in dental public health & education, balancing cost against outcomes.

Best Value Dental Public Health & Education Schools

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Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

$61,676 In-State Tuition & Fees

$16,616 Avg Student Debt

$101,817 Median Earnings (10yr)

For return on investment in dental public health & education, no school beat Harvard University this year. Set in the city of Cambridge, Harvard University is a very large private not-for-profit institution. Students from in state pay about $61,676 in tuition and fees. Dental Public Health & Education graduates carry a median of $16,616 in student loans. Soon after graduation, dental public health & education degree recipients from Harvard University generally make around $219,007. That is a strong return on a $16,616 median debt. Harvard University admits about 4% of applicants.

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Boston University
Boston, MA

$68,102 In-State Tuition & Fees

$25,232 Avg Student Debt

$83,238 Median Earnings (10yr)

Boston University is a great value for students pursuing a degree in dental public health & education, landing the #2 spot this year. Located in the city of Boston, Boston University is a very large private not-for-profit university. The average in-state cost of tuition and fees is $68,102. Typical student debt for dental public health & education graduates is $25,232. Early-career dental public health & education graduates make about $63,598. Weighed against typical debt, the earnings make a compelling case for value. Roughly 11% of applicants are accepted.

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Notes and References

This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).

Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 2 schools evaluated.

*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.