LLU School of Dentistry Journal

A profile of the members of the incoming classes of dentistry, 2004; and dental hygiene, 2002

Sylvia Davis, MA, director of admissions, provides a profile of incoming classes during student orientation.

During School of Dentistry orientation, Sylvia Davis, MA, director of admissions, provided a profile of the incoming classes.

Following are some interesting statistics about the dentistry, class of 2004; and dental hygiene, class of 2002, students:

Dentistry—Males comprise the majority (62 students) and 31 percent of the class (29 students) is female. Of the 91 students accepted, 16 are married.

Ethnic backgrounds are as follows: Asian Pacific, 44; Caucasian, 37; Hispanic, 8; African American, 1. The average age is 26.

The average GPA for the incoming class is 3.34 (science courses, 3.21; non-science 3.46).
Seventy-four percent of the class is Seventh-day Adventist.

Twenty-one students graduated from Pacific Union College, Angwin; followed by La Sierra University (Riverside), 17; University of California—Berkeley, Cal State (CS) Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Barbara, CS Fullerton, Bakersfield, San Bernardino, and CS San Marcos, 14; Walla Walla College, College Place, Washington, 9; and Southern Adventist University (Collegedale, Tennessee), 6.

Out-of-state students are from Alaska, Arizona, Nevada, Tennessee, West Virginia, Washington state, and Utah. There is one student from Canada.

Dental Hygiene—Of 42 new students, 41 are female. Eight are married, and five are parents.
The average GPA of the incoming dental hygiene class is 3.32, with a science GPA of 3.13.
Eight students attended Crafton Hills College, Redlands; and La Sierra University; Pacific Union College; and Walla Walla College each send 7 alumni.

Thirty-two students are Caucasian; 5 are Asian; 4 are Hispanic; and 1 is African-American. The average age is 28.

Thirty-four of the students were born in the United States (26 in California; the rest from Idaho, Minnesota; New York; and Washington), with the remaining students born in Canada, Honduras,Korea, Mexico, Singapore, and Sweden.

Twenty-four are Seventh-day Adventist, and the remaining students are from faiths including Baptist, Catholic, Jewish, Lutheran, and Methodist.

Six of the incoming students are daughters or sisters of School of Dentistry alumni.