HPU dental school receives CODA accreditation

DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Aug 30, 2023
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High Point University’s (HPU) Workman School of Dental Medicine has received its initial accreditation from the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA).

Nearly 1,000 people have applied to HPU’s first doctor of dental medicine class. The first cohort of students will start in the fall of 2024. HPU, North Carolina’s only private dental school, will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2024.

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