Dental schools in the U.S. received a total of $177,356,194 in funding from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research in 2024, according to data from the NIDCR.
The NIDCR recently released data on the amount of funding given to 49 dental schools last year.
Here is how each dental school ranked:
| Dental school | Funding amount |
| University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) | $15,536,254 |
| University of Southern California (Los Angeles) | $12,871,794 |
| University of California (San Francisco) | $11,796,768 |
| American Dental Association Forsyth Institute | $10,991,809 |
| University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) | $10,671,640 |
| University of Florida (Gainesville) | $8,092,203 |
| University of California (Los Angeles) | $7,742,920 |
| University of Texas Health Science Center (Houston) | $7,454,048 |
| State University of New York (Buffalo) | $5,600,716 |
| University of Pittsburgh | $5,593,285 |
| Oregon Health & Science University (Portland) | $5,453,342 |
| University of Alabama (Birmingham) | $4,881,516 |
| University of Iowa (Iowa City) | $4,823,441 |
| University of Rochester (N.Y.) | $3,776,015 |
| University of Texas Health Science Center (San Antonio) | $3,761,766 |
| Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond) | $3,718,347 |
| University of Maryland (Baltimore) | $3,618,459 |
| New York University (New York City) | $3,284,209 |
| University of Washington (Seattle) | $3,266,531 |
| University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) | $2,592,367 |
| University of Illinois (Chicago) | $2,496,160 |
| Tufts University (Boston) | $2,491,707 |
| Boston University Medical Campus | $2,462,163 |
| Temple University of The Commonwealth (Philadelphia) | $2,451,978 |
| Indiana University (Bloomington) | $2,386,854 |
| University of Connecticut (Mansfield) | $2,296,919 |
| Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (New Brunswick, N.J.) | $2,255,956 |
| University of Colorado (Denver) | $2,216,808 |
| Harvard Medical School (Boston) | $2,161,600 |
| University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) | $2,160,390 |
| Ohio State University (Columbus) | $1,934,203 |
| University of Louisville (Ky.) | $1,839,436 |
| Columbia University Health Sciences (New York City) | $1,731,555 |
| Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland) | $1,717,278 |
| Medical University of South Carolina (Charleston) | $1,668,565 |
| Nova Southeastern University (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | $1,559,129 |
| Texas A&M University Health Science Center (Bryan, Texas) | $1,492,359 |
| University of Kentucky (Lexington) | $1,426,185 |
| Loma Linda (Calif.) University | $895,540 |
| University of Missouri (Kansas City) | $749,012 |
| LSU Health Sciences Center (New Orleans) | $703,667 |
| Midwestern University (Glendale, Ariz.) | $670,458 |
| Augusta (Ga.) University | $659,686 |
| Meharry Medical College (Nashville, Tenn.) | $573,595 |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center (Jackson) | $310,000 |
| University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Memphis) | $185,563 |
| East Carolina University (Greenville, N.C.) | $151,000 |
| Howard University (Washington, D.C.) | $131,800 |
| University of Nebraska Medical Center (Omaha) | $49,198 |
