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Tennessee · DENTAL SCHOOL RESEARCH

Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry

Get to know the class.

Published class profile

Entering class of 2024
Average overall GPA3.44
Average DAT AA17.7Legacy 1–30 scale
Average science GPA3.33
Enrolled students75

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 GPA3.442.84-3.93
Science GPA3.332.75-3.93
DAT Academic Average17.715-20
DAT Perceptual Ability17.214-21
DAT Total Science17.315-20
ADEA academic statistics ↗Reviewed 2026-09-20
ENTERING CLASS OF 2025

The latest national enrollment data.

2,133Applications
74First-time enrollees
11In-state enrollees

107 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 66

Plan your application.

Before you apply

2024–2025 catalog · current-cycle confirmation needed. Requirements and recommendations below are not class averages.

Degree & college credits
2024–25 catalog: at least 96 semester / 140 quarter hours from accredited U.S./Canadian institutions. Confirm against your application cycle.
Prerequisite courses
Catalog includes English/writing 6, calculus or statistics 3, physics with lab 8 semester hours; review complete course list.
GPA policy
Not yet verified
DAT policy
DAT within three years of proposed matriculation per this catalog.
Shadowing
Not yet verified
Recommendation letters
Not yet verified
Residency & eligibility
Not yet verified
Community service
Not yet verified
Application & selection
Regular entry uses AADSAS; service to disadvantaged communities is central to the mission.

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.

1,852Applicants
125Offers across residence groups
75Enrolled
Residence breakdown · entering class of 2024
GroupApplicantsOffersEnrolled
In-state8697
Out-of-state1,67011367
International9631

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