2026 Best Value Dentistry Schools in Missouri
[Dentistry](/majors/health-care-professions/dentistry/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The schools below stand out for delivering a strong dentistry education at a price that pays off.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools to find the best return on investment for dentistry students.
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2026 Best Value Dentistry Schools in Missouri
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the dentistry degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Dentistry Schools
For return on investment in dentistry, no school beat University Of Missouri Kansas City this year. Located in the city of Kansas City, University Of Missouri Kansas City is a large public university. Students from in state pay about $13,371 in tuition and fees, while out-of-state students pay about $32,271. Students borrow a median of $23,741 to complete the dentistry program here. Early-career dentistry graduates make about $138,806. Weighed against typical debt, the earnings make a compelling case for value. Roughly 72% of applicants are accepted.
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Notes and References
This ranking is produced 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 · 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).
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