The University of Michigan Ann Arbor was recently ranked as the best university in the world for dentistry and oral sciences by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy.
ShanghaiRanking used academic indicators to measure the performance of 300 schools worldwide in several categories, including world-class faculty, world-class research output, high-quality research, research impact and international collaboration. Read more about the methodology here.
Here are 48 U.S.-based universities that were ranked among the best in the world for dentistry and oral sciences in 2026:
1. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
5. University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
6. University of Washington (Seattle)
7. Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.)
9. University of California, San Francisco
10. University of California, Los Angeles
12. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
17. University at Buffalo, the State University of New York
22. University of Iowa (Iowa City)
28. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
32. University of Maryland, Baltimore
34. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
37. University of Pittsburgh
38. Tufts University (Somerville, Mass.)
40. New York University (New York City)
43. University of Florida (Gainesville)
45. Ohio State University, Columbus
46. Indiana University, Indianapolis
48. University of Rochester (N.Y.)
51-75: Augusta (Ga.) University
51-75: Columbia University (New York City)
51-75: Stanford (Calif.) University
51-75: Texas A&M University (College Station, Texas)
51-75: University of Alabama at Birmingham
51-75: University of Illinois Chicago
51-75: University of Southern California (Los Angeles)
76-100: Boston University
76-100: Oregon Health & Science University (Portland)
76-100: Stony Brook (N.Y.) University
76-100: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
76-100: University of Connecticut (Storrs)
76-100: University of Louisville (Ky.)
76-100: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
101-150: Temple University (Philadelphia)
101-150: University of Colorado at Denver
101-150: University of Mississippi (Oxford)
101-150: University of Missouri, Kansas City
101-150: University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Memphis)
101-150: University of Utah (Salt Lake City)
151-200: Duke University (Durham, N.C.)
151-200: University of the Pacific (Stockton, Calif.)
151-200: West Virginia University (Morgantown)
201-300: Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland)
201-300: Marquette University (Milwaukee)
201-300: Medical University of South Carolina (Charleston)
201-300: Rutgers University, Newark (N.J.)
201-300: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick
201-300: University of Detroit Mercy
