2026 Best Value Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Schools in Illinois
[Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences](/majors/health-care-professions/advanced-dentistry-oral-sciences/) 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 3 schools to find the best return on investment for advanced dentistry & oral sciences students.
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2026 Best Value Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Schools in Illinois
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in advanced dentistry & oral sciences, balancing cost against outcomes.
Best Value Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences Schools
For return on investment in advanced dentistry & oral sciences, no school beat University Of Illinois At Chicago this year. Located in the city of Chicago, University Of Illinois At Chicago is a very large public university. The average in-state cost of tuition and fees is $15,949, with out-of-state students paying around $32,009. Students borrow a median of $20,115 to complete the advanced dentistry & oral sciences program here. Soon after graduation, advanced dentistry & oral sciences degree recipients from University Of Illinois At Chicago generally make around $247,072. Weighed against typical debt, the earnings make a compelling case for value. University Of Illinois At Chicago admits about 77% of applicants.
Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 3 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.
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