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Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine

Get to know the class.

Published class profile

Entering class of 2024
Average overall GPA3.69
Average DAT AA21.4Legacy 1–30 scale
Average science GPA3.62
Enrolled students78

Class averages describe a previous cohort, not a requirement or your chance of acceptance. DAT scales and cohort years differ; compare them carefully.

View the published source ↗Reviewed 2026-09-20
See the 2024 academic averages & score ranges

These ranges cover the middle 90% of enrolled students (5th–95th percentiles). They are not admissions cutoffs. All DAT scores here use the legacy 1–30 scale.

Entering class of 2024
MeasureMean5th–95th
Overall GPA3.693.29-4.00
Science GPA3.623.13-4.00
DAT Academic Average21.419-24
DAT Perceptual Ability20.618-24
DAT Total Science20.718-24
ADEA academic statistics ↗Reviewed 2026-09-20
ENTERING CLASS OF 2025

The latest national enrollment data.

1,819Applications
79First-time enrollees
25In-state enrollees

140 in-state applications. Offers and school-level academic averages are not included in this table. Enrollment is not the number of offers, and these figures do not establish your admission chances.

ADEA 2025 workbook · Table 5 ↗Reviewed 2026-09-20 · source row 55

Plan your application.

Before you apply

Published admissions policy; confirm your application cycle. Requirements and recommendations below are not class averages.

Degree & college credits
90 semester hours before entry; at least 60 and all prerequisites from U.S./Canadian institutions. Bachelor’s encouraged.
Prerequisite courses
At least 6 semester hours each in general chemistry, organic chemistry, biology, physics and writing. Grades C or better; AP/IB/test-exemption credits do not qualify. Review lab expectations.
GPA policy
Not yet verified
DAT policy
For 2026–27, tests must be dated July 1, 2024–January 1, 2027.
Shadowing
Not yet verified
Recommendation letters
Institutional evaluation preferred; otherwise a packet including two science-faculty evaluations. All letters must arrive before review.
Residency & eligibility
Not yet verified
Community service
Not yet verified
Application & selection
U.S. Casper required before review; published final test date January 5, 2027. Personal interview required.

Unverified fields do not mean there is no requirement. Confirm your cycle and course equivalencies with admissions.

Reviewed 2026-09-20

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HISTORICAL CONTEXT · ENTERING 2024

From application to enrollment.

The same historical cohort is used for every count below. These figures describe a past cycle, not an individual’s admission chances.

1,668Applicants
292Offers across residence groups
78Enrolled
Residence breakdown · entering class of 2024
GroupApplicantsOffersEnrolled
In-state1484120
Out-of-state1,25319539
International2675619

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