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School	UTHealth Houston School of DentistryTexas
Location	Texas
Published cohort	DDS class of 2029
Average overall GPA	3.88
Average science GPA	Not available here
Average DAT AA	470200–600 scale
Class size	106
2024 GPA range5th–95th percentiles	3.63-4.002024 source ↗
2025 first-time enrollees	10697 in-stateADEA 2025 · Table 5 ↗
Degree & college credits	90 undergraduate semester hours from U.S./Canadian institutions; bachelor’s highly desirable.
Prerequisite courses	Semester hours: biology 14 including microbiology 3; general/organic chemistry and physics with labs 8 each; biochemistry 3 separately; English 6; statistics 3. C minimum. Foreign and graduate courses do not qualify.
GPA policy	Not yet verified
DAT policy	DAT required.
Shadowing	Not yet verified
Recommendation letters	Health-professions advisor/committee or two academic professors, plus a practicing dentist.
Residency & eligibility	Texas residents receive preference.
Community service	Not yet verified
Application & selection	TMDSAS required for Texans and preferred overall; catalog also allows AADSAS for eligible applicants.
Policy context & sources	Published admissions policy; confirm your application cycleAdmissions policy ↗Reviewed 2026-09-20
Curriculum	Review the program’s official curriculum
Cost research	Check current tuition, living costs, and your aid offer.Save your estimates in Education costs.
Official source	Class profileReviewed 2026-09-18

Averages are not admissions requirements or predictions. Cohorts and DAT scales differ. Scores on the 200–600 and legacy 1–30 scales are shown separately and are not converted.