Average dental school debt totals $261.1k: 3 points

The average dental school debt is $261,149, according to American Dental Education Association.

Student Loan Hero gives the following stats on dental school debt:

1. Twenty percent of dental school students have debt under $100,000 following graduation.

2. Thirty percent of dental school graduates with debt owe $300,000-plus.

3. On average, it takes nearly eight years for a dentist's earnings to offset dental school's overall costs.

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