U.S. dental schools received more than $263.4 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health in 2025, compared to the more than $19.2 billion given to medical schools.
The Blue Ridge Institute released data showing the amount of funding awarded to universities in the U.S. in 2025. The data shows that the NIH awarded funding to 48 dental schools and 145 medical schools.
Here is how the top 10 dental schools with the highest NIH funding compare to 10 medical schools with the highest funding:
Dental
1. University of California San Francisco: $27,617,484
2. University of Southern California (Los Angeles): $21,342,587
3. University of Michigan Ann Arbor: $16,407,309
4. University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia): $14,981,395
5. New York University (New York City): $14,381,126
6. University of California Los Angeles: $14,316,904
7. University of Florida (Gainesville): $13,794,978
8. University of Maryland Baltimore: $12,281,418
9. University of Texas San Antonio: $9,770,084
10. Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond): $7,528,030
Medical
1. University of California San Francisco: $724,156,263
2. Washington University (St Louis, Mo.): $675,188,873
3. University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia): $622,537,289
4. Yale University (New Haven, Conn.): $580,818,286
5. Stanford (Calif.) University: $573,897,714
6. Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore): $565,329,366
7. Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tenn.): $564,267,623
8. University of Pittsburgh: $555,351,237
9. Duke University (Durham, N.C.): $514,509,019
10. University of Michigan Ann Arbor: $507,840,724
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