Dental Schools in Colorado
Colorado has 1 CODA-accredited predoctoral dental program, located in Aurora.
It's listed below with its city, address, website, and current accreditation status, pulled directly from the Commission on Dental Accreditation's own program directory.
Graduating from a CODA-accredited dental school satisfies the education requirement dental boards look for nationwide, though what a program's accreditation status actually means — and what Colorado itself requires for licensure — is worth understanding before you apply.
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At a glance
In Colorado
Programs
1
With a program
Cities
1
Approval without Reporting Requirements
Fully approved
1 of 1
Every CODA-Accredited Program in Colorado
Source: CODA program directory, index dated 2026-09-09. Status terms (“Approval without Reporting Requirements,” “Approval with Reporting Requirements,” “Initial Accreditation,” “Discontinued,” etc.) are CODA’s own.
What CODA Accreditation Means for Your License
CODA accreditation is the credential dental boards look for when they evaluate an applicant's dental-school education.
The accreditation status shown for the program above — "Approval without Reporting Requirements," "Approval with Reporting Requirements," or "Initial Accreditation" — is CODA's own classification, and the site-visit years listed are CODA's visit schedule, not a marker of the program itself.
Graduates still need to pass the INBDE, dentistry's national board exam, on the way to a license.
Contact the program directly, or CODA itself, for anything about admissions or cost — neither appears in CODA's program directory.
For the full path from dental school to license, see our step-by-step guide to becoming a dentist.
Colorado's Dental School
Colorado's single predoctoral program sets its own admission requirements, prerequisite coursework, and application cycle, so contact the program directly for current details.
The CODA accreditation status shown above reflects the program's last accreditation visit, not its admissions process or curriculum.
If you're still weighing how dental school itself works — length, structure, and the DAT that gates admission — see our guide to dental school: length, cost, and the DAT.
After Dental School: Licensure in Colorado
A CODA-accredited dental degree is the first step, not the last.
Colorado's own board sets the exam, application, and continuing-education requirements a graduate must meet to hold an active license, and those requirements can change.
See our Colorado dentist licensure guide for what the state itself requires, and confirm anything you intend to rely on with the Colorado Dental Board before enrolling or applying.
Once licensed, see dentist salary in Colorado and open dentist jobs in Colorado.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many CODA-accredited dental schools are in Colorado?
Colorado has 1 CODA-accredited predoctoral dental program, located in Aurora.
It's listed above with its current CODA accreditation status, address and website.
CODA's own directory is the definitive, up-to-date list — confirm the program's status directly with CODA before applying.
Does it matter that Colorado only has one dental school?
Not for licensure eligibility — the program listed above holds CODA accreditation, and CODA accreditation is what dental boards require for the education portion of licensure nationwide, including Colorado.
Applicants aren't limited to in-state programs; any CODA-accredited dental school elsewhere in the country satisfies the same education requirement.
Do I have to attend a Colorado dental school to work as a dentist in Colorado?
No. Colorado licenses dentists who graduated from any CODA-accredited dental program, not only the one located in Colorado.
What matters for licensure eligibility is the program's CODA accreditation and passing the required national and state exams — see our Colorado licensure page for the state's own licensing rules.
What comes after I graduate from a CODA-accredited dental school?
Graduates typically sit for the INBDE, dentistry's national written board exam, then meet Colorado's own clinical-exam and application requirements before applying for a state license.
Our step-by-step guide to becoming a dentist walks through that full sequence.
Is every program on this list accredited?
Every program above is shown with the CODA accreditation status CODA had published for it as of 2026-09-09, the date this directory was last pulled from CODA's own program search. "Approval without Reporting Requirements" is CODA's standard fully-accredited standing; other status terms on this page — such as "Approval with Reporting Requirements," "Initial Accreditation," or "Discontinued" — mean something different, and a status can change after that date.
Confirm a program's current status directly with CODA before applying.
More Colorado & Dentist Resources
Sourced from the CODA program directory (index dated 2026-09-09). Verified September 2026. Program details change. Confirm accreditation status, admission requirements and costs with the program and with CODA before applying.