University of Nevada, Las Vegas School 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 | 3.19-3.99 |
| Science GPA | 3.59 | 3.02-3.99 |
| DAT Academic Average | 21.2 | 18-24 |
| DAT Perceptual Ability | 20.8 | 17-25 |
| DAT Total Science | 20.9 | 18-25 |
The latest national enrollment data.
79 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 48Plan 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 units completed or in progress, including 30 at a four-year institution; U.S./Canadian accredited coursework.
- Prerequisite courses
- One year each of biology, general/organic chemistry and physics with labs, and English. Anatomy or a full anatomy/physiology sequence, plus biochemistry. Complete by July of entry.
- GPA policy
- Not yet verified
- DAT policy
- U.S. DAT required before application review; valid three years. Canadian DAT not accepted.
- Shadowing
- Not yet verified
- Recommendation letters
- Pre-health committee evaluation, or four letters: two hard-science professors, a shadowed/workplace dentist, and another evaluator.
- Residency & eligibility
- Not yet verified
- Community service
- Not yet verified
- Application & selection
- Supplemental application and interview required; English-language testing applies where specified.
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 | 84 | 48 | 40 |
| Out-of-state | 1,621 | 118 | 40 |
| International | 41 | 5 | 2 |
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