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Compare dentistry degrees across Australia

13 dentistry bachelor courses at 8 universities in 4 states and territories, side by side. Each campus is listed separately. Universities are listed by state, largest first, then alphabetically. We don't rank them, and none of them pays to be here.

How entry works in dentistry

Your ATAR is necessary here and nowhere near sufficient. Direct-entry dentistry usually combines a very high rank with an admission test and an interview, in the same shape as medicine. Treat the rank shown here as one requirement among several and read the admission centre's page for this specific course.

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  • Entry ranks are a past year's, not a cut-off. Each is the lowest rank and the lowest ATAR that got an offer, with the median rank where it's published, for the year shown. How ATARs really work
  • Teaching, experience and graduate jobs come from QILT's national surveys of dentistry students and graduates at each university, shown against the national average.
  • Completion rates cover all of a university's bachelor students, not dentistry alone, and partly reflect who a university enrols.
  • Cost: about $14,046 a year for every course here, the 2027 student contribution. Paid through HELP once you're earning, not upfront.Estimate

Results out? How change of preference works in your state

New South Wales

Charles Sturt University

2 dentistry courses

Teaching quality
79.8%
Overall student experience
75%
Full-time employment
84.5%
Median starting salary
$104,400

Source: QILT, SES 2023-2024, CEQ 2024-2025, GOS 2023-2025

56% of all Charles Sturt bachelor students who started in 2016 finished a degree within nine years, there or at another university. Source: Dept of Education, 2024

The University of Newcastle

1 dentistry course

Teaching quality
67.2%
Overall student experience
65%
Full-time employment
84.4%
Median starting salary
Not reported

Source: QILT, SES 2023-2024, CEQ 2024-2025, GOS 2023-2025

69.9% of all Newcastle bachelor students who started in 2016 finished a degree within nine years, there or at another university. Source: Dept of Education, 2024

Victoria

Charles Sturt University

1 dentistry course

Teaching quality
79.8%
Overall student experience
75%
Full-time employment
84.5%
Median starting salary
$104,400

Source: QILT, SES 2023-2024, CEQ 2024-2025, GOS 2023-2025

56% of all Charles Sturt bachelor students who started in 2016 finished a degree within nine years, there or at another university. Source: Dept of Education, 2024

La Trobe University

2 dentistry courses

Teaching quality
79.7%
Overall student experience
72.6%
Full-time employment
Not reported
Median starting salary
Not reported

Source: QILT, SES 2023-2024, CEQ 2024-2025, GOS 2023-2025

70% of all La Trobe bachelor students who started in 2016 finished a degree within nine years, there or at another university. Source: Dept of Education, 2024

Queensland

Griffith University

3 dentistry courses

Teaching quality
63.8%
Overall student experience
66%
Full-time employment
Not reported
Median starting salary
Not reported

Source: QILT, SES 2023-2024, CEQ 2024-2025, GOS 2023-2025

65.1% of all Griffith bachelor students who started in 2016 finished a degree within nine years, there or at another university. Source: Dept of Education, 2024

Western Australia

Curtin University

1 dentistry course

Teaching quality
56.8%
Overall student experience
39.8%
Full-time employment
Not reported
Median starting salary
Not reported

Source: QILT, SES 2023-2024, CEQ 2024-2025, GOS 2023-2025

66.6% of all Curtin bachelor students who started in 2016 finished a degree within nine years, there or at another university. Source: Dept of Education, 2024

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