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Dentist licence (DDS/DMD)

The most expensive credential on this site — a quarter of a million dollars in federal loans at the median — leading to one of the best-paid occupations in the country.

$220,937–$317,068

ማግኘት የሚያስፈልገው ዋጋ - የርዝመት መካከለኛ አጋማሽ።

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የወር አበባዎች የጥናት ጊዜ፣ ሙሉ ጊዜ፣ ክፍት ጊዜ ረዘም ያለ ጊዜ ይወስዳል።

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የወር ደመወዝ ተቀማጭ ገንዘብ የዚህ ወጪን ለመሸፈን አስፈላጊ ነው. በሙሉ በስተፊት እስከሆኑ ድረስ ወር አይደለም - የላይኛው የልምምድ ጊዜ የመጀመሪያው ነው.

ምንጭ: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 · ዕይታ

ይህ የገንዘብ መጠን ምንድነው እና ምን አይደለም

The highest figures on this site, and still only the borrowed part. That range is median cumulative FEDERAL LOAN DEBT at completion, not a tuition sticker price and not total cost. It is what completers actually borrowed, so it excludes grants, savings, family money, employer funding and living costs — which makes it a FLOOR on what the credential costs, never a ceiling. The low and high figures are the 25th and 75th percentiles across the institutions that report a figure for this programme, so a quarter of institutions sit below the low end. College Scorecard pools two award years into each figure; the release used here is dated 10 June 2026.

Four years of dental school after a bachelor's degree, then a state or regional clinical licensing examination. Specialising adds two to six years of residency on top.

Licences renew every one to two years by state with continuing education requirements.

ምን ያህል ሰዎች ይህንን ይዘው፣ ምን ያህል ሰዎች በምድር ላይ እየሠሩ ነው?

ምን ያህል ሰዎች ይህን ይይዛሉ?

202,485 professionally active dentists in the United States — 2024, the last year in the ADA series, published 2025.

እኛም ይህን በመቶ በመቀየር አናስተላልፍም፤ We hold a sound count of dentists and a sound count of employed dentists and we are not dividing one into the other, because federal employment data counts employees and most dentists are self-employed practice owners. The ratio would read as though a third of dentists were not working in dentistry, and what it would actually measure is how many of them own the practice rather than being paid by one. ሁለቱም ቁጥሮች በውስጣቸው ጥሩ ናቸው እናም ከላይ እና ከታች ይጻፋሉ ፡፡ እነሱን በመከፋፈል “በአትክልት ስፍራ ውስጥ የሚሠሩ ባለቤቶች ድርሻ” የሚል ቁጥር ይወጣል እናም አንድ አይሆንም ፣ ስለዚህ ሁለቱን ቁጥሮች እናሳትማለን እና እንቀመጣቸዋለን ፡፡

ይህ ቁጥር የሚከተለውን ያጠቃልላል: People, from the ADA's masterfile, and already filtered to those whose primary occupation is dentistry — private practice, dental school faculty, armed forces and federal services, state and local government, hospital staff, residents and interns. It EXCLUDES retired dentists, dentists not in practice or waiting for boards, and anyone whose main job is something else. That filtering makes it a different kind of count from most on this site: it is closer to a workforce than to a registry, which is exactly why we do not divide employment into it.

The ADA count is also filtered differently from most credential registries on this site: it already excludes retired dentists and those not in practice, so it is closer to a workforce count than to a register of everyone who ever qualified. Two counts that are each right, measuring populations that do not line up, is precisely the case where publishing the pair and refusing the percentage is the honest answer.

American Dental Association Health Policy Institute, Supply of Dentists in the US: 2001–2024, Table 1 (Standing count of people holding the credential) · ዕይታ

ለተጠናቀቀው ስልጠና ምን ተከሰተ?

አራት ዓመታት ከተጠናቀቀ በኋላ, ከፌደራል መዝገቦች

7,918 ሰዎች Dentistry (DDS/DMD), first professional degree እናም ከአራት ዓመታት በኋላ መማር አልጀመሩም 210 በሙሉ መዝገብ ላይ ምንም ገቢ አልነበረም — 2.7%. ለሠሪዎችም መካከለኛይቱ ( ገነት ) አልላቸው ፡ ፡ $170,812, መካከለኛ $110,187 እና $239,976.

“በመዝገብ ላይ ምንም ገቢ የሌለው” ማለት “በሥራ ላይ ያልተሰማራ” ማለት አይደለም፡፡ በ2008 ዓ.ም በጀርመን የሥራ ገበያ ላይ የነበሩት 100,000 ሰዎች ብዛት 100,000 ወጣቶች ናቸው፡፡ ይህም ማለት በአንድ ዓመት ውስጥ የሥራ ገበያ ላይ የነበሩት 100,000 ሰዎች ብዛት ነው፡፡ ይህም ማለት በአንድ ዓመት ውስጥ የሥራ ገበያ ላይ የነበሩት 100,000 ሰዎች ብዛት ነው፡፡ ይህም ማለት በአንድ ዓመት ውስጥ የሥራ ገበያ ላይ የነበሩት 100,000 ሰዎች ብዛት ነው፡፡ ይህም ማለት በአንድ ዓመት ውስጥ የሥራ ገበያ ላይ የነበሩት 100,000 ሰዎች ብዛት ነው፡፡ ይህም ማለት በአንድ ዓመት ውስጥ የሥራ ገበያ ላይ የነበሩት 100,000 ሰዎች ብዛት ነው፡፡

የፕሮግራሙ ኮድ ምን ያጠቃልላል: CIP 51.04 at first-professional level is the DDS and DMD. It does not include dental hygiene or dental assisting, which are CIP 51.06 and appear separately. Specialty residencies taken after the degree are also outside it.

ማን ነው በኮሎኔል: ፌዴራል የልጅ እርዳታ የተቀበሉ ተማሪዎች - በአማካይ የአሜሪካ የሁለተኛ ደረጃ ተማሪዎች ግማሽ, እና ሌላው ግማሽ እዚህ አይለካም. ሰዎች ወደ ተጨማሪ ጥናት የሄዱ በሁለቱም ዐምድ ናቸው. የ ቢሮው ማተም በጣም ትንሽ cohorts ጋር ተቋማት ያስወግዳል እና ወደ ሌሎቹ ስታትስቲክስ ጩኸት ይጨምራል, ስለዚህ ይህ ሪፖርት ለማድረግ በቂ ትልቅ ተቋማት ላይ አንድ ገቢ ነው: 53 ከእነርሱም ውስጥ የሚመለሱ 98.6% የዚህ ፕሮግራም የዳይሬክተሩ የራሱ የሀገር ውስጥ ቁጥር የቀን መቁጠሪያ ፕሮግራሞች 0.0 %sን አጥፉ

ምንጭ: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 — release of 10 June 2026; measured four years after completion · ዕይታ · ለዚህም

ምን ማድረግ እንደሚችሉ

ዋጋው ለሥራው ብቻ ነው የሚገባው፤ ለፈቃድ አይደለም። እነዚህ ለስራው የሚያስፈልጉት ናቸው።

ስራ ያስፈልጋል? መሀከል የተሰየመ
Dentists, General Legally required to hold the job $170,950 124,390
Dentists, All Other Specialists Legally required to hold the job $224,990 5,230
Orthodontists
Requires the dental degree plus a two- to three-year orthodontic residency.
A step towards it, not sufficient on its own $289,140 6,210
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
Requires the dental degree plus a four- to six-year surgical residency.
A step towards it, not sufficient on its own $352,220 4,910
Prosthodontists
Requires the dental degree plus a three-year prosthodontic residency.
A step towards it, not sufficient on its own $311,180 870

የሥራ ዕድል እና የሥራ ዋጋ: BLS የሥራ ዕድል እና የሥራ ዋጋ ስታቲስቲክስ, ሜይ 2025.

ለራሱ ዋጋ አለው?

የስራው ይህ የሚከፍት $170,950. በየሥራው ላይ የምንወጣው የሥራ-አጠቃላይ መካከለኛ መጠን $50,020, ስለዚህ ይህ ላለመያዝ ዋጋው $120,930 ከአንድ ዓመት በፊት

ይህ ከአንድ ሠራተኛ ጋር ሲነፃፀር ነው፣ ከሥራህ ጋር አይደለም። ይህ መሠረታዊ መስመር ምንድነው እና ምንድን ነው

ስራውንም ማግኘት እንደሚችሉ ይናገራል። በድር ጣቢያው ላይ የሚገኘው የክፍያ መጠን ሁሉ በሥራው ላይ መሰማራት ላይ የተመሠረተ ነው፡፡ ይህም የላይኛው የባለቤትነት ቁጥር ለመፈተሽ የሚኖርበት ሐሳብ ነው፣ ይህም የሌላው የክፍያ ጣቢያ ሁሉ በድብቅ የሚያደርገው ሐሳብ ነው፡፡

ከጀመርክ በፊት የሚያስፈልግህ

  • A bachelor's degree with science prerequisites
  • The Dental Admission Test
  • A place at a CODA-accredited dental school
  • A clinical licensing examination

ይህ ካልሆነ አታድርግ

  • you are not prepared for the largest debt on this site and the years of practice-building or buy-in that usually follow it
  • you want to be an employee — most dentists own or buy into a practice, which is a second and separate capital requirement
  • you cannot work with your hands at a millimetre of tolerance for eight hours a day

ሁሉንም ማረጋገጫዎች · ይህ እንዴት እንደሚቆጠር · ሌላ ነገር ፈልግ