Nova Southeastern University 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 | 3.66 | 3.06-3.98 |
| Science GPA | 3.60 | 2.93-3.96 |
| DAT Academic Average | 20.9 | 18-24 |
| DAT Perceptual Ability | 19.4 | 16-24 |
| DAT Total Science | 20.9 | 18-24 |
The latest national enrollment data.
839 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 20Plan your application.
Before you apply
Published admissions policy; confirm your application cycle. Requirements and recommendations below are not class averages.
- Degree & college credits
- At least 90 semester hours, with no more than 60 from community/junior college. Bachelor’s preferred.
- Prerequisite courses
- Semester hours: biology, chemistry, organic chemistry and physics with labs 8 each; biochemistry 3, microbiology 3, English 6. Each required course must be at least 2.0.
- GPA policy
- Published expectation: overall and science GPA of at least 3.25; this is not an entering-class average.
- DAT policy
- Not yet verified
- Shadowing
- Not yet verified
- Recommendation letters
- Two science professors and a third evaluator; see the school’s committee-letter instructions.
- Residency & eligibility
- U.S. citizens/permanent residents, or international applicants completing a bachelor’s at a four-year U.S./Canadian institution.
- 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 | 739 | 160 | 91 |
| Out-of-state | 1,739 | 153 | 30 |
| International | 259 | 28 | 7 |
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