Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC
Get to know the class.
Published class profile
Entering class of 2024Class 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 2026-09-20See 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.
| Measure | Mean | 5th–95th |
|---|---|---|
| Overall GPA | 3.76 | 3.54-3.98 |
| Science GPA | 3.70 | 3.40-3.98 |
| DAT Academic Average | 21.2 | 18-26 |
| DAT Perceptual Ability | 20.3 | 17-24 |
| DAT Total Science | 21 | 17-26 |
The latest national enrollment data.
1,189 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 12Plan your application.
Before you apply
Published admissions policy; confirm your application cycle. Requirements and recommendations below are not class averages.
- Degree & college credits
- U.S. or Canadian bachelor’s degree before matriculation; at least 60 semester units completed or in progress when applying.
- Prerequisite courses
- One year each of biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry and physics with in-person labs. Science AP/IB does not qualify. English and humanities requirements are waived with the qualifying degree.
- GPA policy
- Not yet verified
- DAT policy
- DAT required within three years of the admission year.
- Shadowing
- Not yet verified
- Recommendation letters
- One dentist and two lecture-course science professors, or an eligible committee evaluation. Lab instructors and research PIs do not replace those science-course evaluations.
- Residency & eligibility
- Not yet verified
- Community service
- Not yet verified
- Application & selection
- Not yet verified
Unverified fields do not mean there is no requirement. Confirm your cycle and course equivalencies with admissions.
Reviewed 2026-09-20Your research checklist
Coursework, DAT policy, letters, deadlines, supplemental materials, costs, and clinical education all deserve a place in your school research.
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The same historical cohort is used for every count below. These figures describe a past cycle, not an individual’s admission chances.
| Group | Applicants | Offers | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-state | 1,027 | 191 | 102 |
| Out-of-state | 1,266 | 146 | 34 |
| International | 325 | 30 | 8 |
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