Average dental education debt drops to $286K

The average amount of dental school debt has declined in recent years to $286,200, according to data from the American Dental Education Association. 

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The ADEA provided details on dental school debt in its Trends in Dental Education report for 2022-23. The organization received responses from 2,376 survey participants expecting to graduate with dental school debt in 2022.

Here is how the average amount of dental education debt has changed since 2017:

2017: $308,200

2018: $309,600

2019: $308,500

2020: $318,500

2021: $305,300

2022: $286,200

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