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the highest cost, professional training program.
There is considerable variation in the per student
cost of dental education among the nation's schools.
The most significant factor contributing to the
high cost of dental education is the clinical educa-
tion and patient care training programs––programs
that are part of the university budget. This makes
dental care program costs highly visible to universi-
ty financial officers.
The cost of clinical education and patient care
training in medicine is largely borne by hospital
budgets, not the university. This type of cross-sub-
sidy is not available to dental education programs.

Dental School Revenues

Dental schools receive operating revenues from a
surprisingly broad array of sources. The relative
importance of any source varies greatly among
schools and is generally influenced by whether the
institution is a public dental school, a private dental

school, or a private/state institution.

Table 6.1 provides a summary of revenue by source

and school type. In 1998 the nation's dental schools

reported aggregate revenues of over $1.4 billion. The

primary revenue source for public schools are state or

university system appropriations, followed by clinic

income, sponsored research/training, tuition and fees,

other revenues, indirect cost recovery, gifts/endowment,

and several lesser or indirect revenue sources. In con-

trast, for private schools tuition and fees are the most

significant revenue sources, followed by clinic income,

sponsored research, gifts/endowment, other income,

and several lesser or indirect categories. The revenue

pattern for the private/state-related schools is similar to

that of private institutions.

While Table 6.1 provides the best data available,

the data are incomplete and understate aggregate

revenues necessary to operate the nation's dental

schools. One major category of funding not report-

ed is the extramural practice income of full-time

clinical faculty. In contrast, intramural practice

Dental Education

Summary of Dental School Revenues from All Major Sources, FYE 1998

*Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of schools included in the calculations of summary values.
Source: ADA, 2000.

$136,488,706 (36)

410,292,736 (36)

2,061,421 (4)

156,900,972 (36)

31,899,761 (35)

27,749,654 (35)

34,580,882 (28)

799,974,132 (36)

113,263,892 (36)

$206,264,263 (14)

3,193,612 (6)

8,171,600 (1)

80,041,528 (13)

33,471,236 (14)

7,700,615 (13)

12,604,447 (13)

351,447,301 (14)

32,409,679 (13)

5,090,101 (10)

388,947,081 (14)

$44,181,424 (5)

11,214,652 (5)

247,613 (1)

15,239,522 (5)

2,938,618 (5)

711,143 (4)

6,342,685 (2)

80,875,657 (5)

3,437,350 (5)

2,082,063 (4)

86,395,070 (5)

$386,934,393 (55)

424,701,000 (47)

10,480,634 (6)

252,182,022 (54)

68,309,615 (54)

36,161,412 (52)

53,528,014 (43)

1,232,297,090(55)

149,110,921 (54)

25,397,521 (47)

1,406,805,532(55)

Source of Income Public Schools

TABLE 6. 1

Private Schools All Schools

Private-State

Related Schools

Student Tuition and Fees

State and Local Governments

Federal Government

Dental Clinic Revenue

Gift Revenue

Recovery of Indirect Costs

Other Educational Revenue

Educational Revenue: TOTAL

Sponsored Education/Research/Training

Financial Aid Revenue 18,225,357 (33)

Revenue: GRAND TOTAL 931,463,381 (36)