Trends in Financing Dental Education, 2004–05 to 2011–12

This article examines dental school financial trends from 2004–05 to 2011–12, based on data from the American Dental Association (ADA) annual financial survey completed by all U.S. dental schools. For public schools, revenues from tuition and fees increased 68.6%, and state support declined 17.2% ov...

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Published in:Journal of dental education 2017-08, Vol.81 (8), p.eS1-eS12
Main Authors: Bailit, Howard L., Beazoglou, Tryfon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
dental education
dental health services
Dentistry
economics of dental education
Education, Dental - economics
Education, Dental - statistics & numerical data
expenses
Fees and Charges
finances
Financial Support
Financing, Personal
health care access
health policy
Humans
professional interest
revenue
Schools, Dental - economics
Schools, Dental - statistics & numerical data
United States
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Summary:This article examines dental school financial trends from 2004–05 to 2011–12, based on data from the American Dental Association (ADA) annual financial survey completed by all U.S. dental schools. For public schools, revenues from tuition and fees increased 68.6%, and state support declined 17.2% over the examined period. For private schools, revenues from tuition and fees increased 38.9%, and university indirect subsidies declined 77.9% over the same period. The major factors affecting dental school expenditures were the number of students and postdoctoral students, faculty practice, and research. The findings suggest that dental schools are now more dependent financially on tuition and fees than in the past. Schools have been able to pass on increases in operating costs to students and specialty postdoctoral students. Now that growth in dentists’ incomes is slowing and student debt is at an all‐time high, this financing strategy may not be sustainable in the long run. This article was written as part of the project “Advancing Dental Education in the 21st Century.”
ISSN:0022-0337
1930-7837
DOI:10.21815/JDE.017.001