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University of California Los Angeles School of Dentistry

University of California Los Angeles School of Dentistry

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APPLICATION FEE
$60
Tuition In State
$39,797
Tuition Out of State
$52,042
Average GPA
3.7
AVERAGE DAT
22.3

School Overview

Degrees
DDS
Ownership
Public Non-Profit
Program Length
4 years
Total Enrollment
87
Founding Year
1964
Accreditation Year
N/A
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SDN Insights

Cost of Attendance: $358,428
Estimate repayment

Estimated loan burden for UCLA using 4 years of in-state tuition, $1,500 annual fees, $3,000 monthly living expenses, government-derived local cost-of-living adjustment, $1,000 loan fees, and an 8.5% interest assumption.

Cost of Living: Above national average cost of living

Los Angeles, CA is about 1.14x higher than the national average for cost of living. In the debt estimate, the government-derived local cost adjustment raises the living allowance from $3,000 to about $3,420 per month, mainly reflecting rent, food, transportation, and day-to-day expenses. Compare this with your own housing plan before treating it as exact.

Environment: Urban

There is currently insufficient information to assess the neighborhood around UCLA.

Interview Feedback

Overall, applicants ranked the school in the top 13% of interviews, indicating it is highly regarded. They found the interview very impressive with a moderate stress level and felt they did well.

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Secondary Essays for UCLA

1. Career Goals and Future Aspirations
DDS-PhD Dual Degree Program: Do you intend to apply to the combined 7-year DDS-PhD program in Oral Biology? If yes, please explain your research interests and potential research labs for your DDS-PhD...
2. Other
If you are not currently enrolled in school, what have you been doing since graduation?
3. Personal Experiences and Challenges
How do you deal with failure?
4. Personal Attributes and Characteristics
How would you assess your ability to ask for help, and give one example of when you had to do so?
5. Leadership and Teamwork
List three ways you deal with stress.
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About the School

The goals of the program are to produce graduates who: 1) possess the preventive, diagnostic, and technical knowledge and skills necessary to provide patients with comprehensive dental health in a variety of health care delivery systems; 2) view their role in the profession from a humanitarian perspective, accepting patients' dental health as a right rather than a privilege, their patients' psychological and physical health being the prime focus of their practices; 3) are able to provide socially sensitive and responsible leadership in the community of their practice; and 4) continuously update their knowledge of dental health and oral diseases, their techniques, and their practices. The school participates in the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE).

Curriculum

The basic science and preclinical laboratory courses are taught primarily in the first 2 years of the curriculum by the appropriate departments/divisions of the medical and dental school. The clinical experiences in comprehensive patient care begin early in the first year. There are numerous selective program covering a wide variety of experiences and topics, such as the clinical management of patients and hospital service rotations.

Facilities

The off-campus clinical rotations that are an official part of the curriculum are at: Wilson-Jennings-Bloomfield Venice Dental Center and Harbor/UCLA Medical Center.

Last Updated: Aug 28, 2026