Medical University of South Carolina James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine
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 | 3.73 | 3.19-4.00 |
| Science GPA | 3.69 | 3.09-4.00 |
| DAT Academic Average | 20.4 | 18-23 |
| DAT Perceptual Ability | 20.3 | 17-23 |
| DAT Total Science | 19.9 | 17-24 |
The latest national enrollment data.
153 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 65Plan 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. bachelor’s strongly preferred; exceptional applicants with three years of college may be considered.
- Prerequisite courses
- General/organic chemistry and physics: 8 credits each with labs. Biology, upper-level science, English and mathematics also required; check full table. Qualifying community-college, online and AP credits accepted.
- GPA policy
- Not yet verified
- DAT policy
- U.S. DAT less than five years old. Canadian DAT not accepted.
- Shadowing
- Not yet verified
- Recommendation letters
- At least three individual evaluations or one confidential committee letter.
- Residency & eligibility
- Not yet verified
- Community service
- Not yet verified
- Application & selection
- AADSAS and MUSC supplemental application must be complete before review.
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.
Build a school research plan →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.
| Group | Applicants | Offers | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-state | 163 | 66 | 59 |
| Out-of-state | 1,568 | 25 | 18 |
| International | 33 | 1 | 1 |
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