• During the 2012 to 2013 academic year, there were 21,853 students enrolled in pre-doctoral education programs at dental schools across the country.
• The class of 2012 had 5,199 pre-doctoral graduates.
• During the 2012 to 2013 academic year, 10,240 (46.9 percent) of dental students were female and 2,398 (46.1 percent) of 2012 graduates were female.
• In the past decade, first-year pre-doctoral enrollment has risen an average of 2 percent each year.
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