Veterinary Medicine

A program that prepares individuals for the independent professional practice of veterinary medicine, involving the diagnosis, treatment, and health care management of animals and animal populations and the prevention and management of zoonosis. Includes instruction in the veterinary basic sciences, infectious and noninfectious disease, diagnostic procedures, veterinary clinical medicine, obstetrics, radiology, anesthesiology, surgery, toxicology, animal health and preventive medicine, clinical nutrition, practice management, and professional standards and ethics.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 31 institutions across the United States, with a total of 10665 degrees awarded annually.

Doctoral Degrees

3,555

degrees awarded

Other Awards

7,110

awards given

Top Schools for Veterinary Medicine

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	615
2	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	507
3	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	477
4	Iowa State University Ames, IA	468
5	Colorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO	444
6	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	414
7	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	387
8	Washington State University Pullman, WA	384
9	Auburn University Auburn, AL	378
10	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	372
11	Midwestern University-Glendale Glendale, AZ	369
12	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	363
13	Kansas State University Manhattan, KS	363
14	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	360
15	University of Georgia Athens, GA	348
16	University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	345
17	Lincoln Memorial University Harrogate, TN	345
18	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA	342
19	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	336
20	Western University of Health Sciences Pomona, CA	318
21	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	315
22	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK	306
23	Tufts University Medford, MA	297
24	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	294
25	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	282
26	Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS	279
27	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	240
28	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	237
29	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	222
30	Tuskegee University Tuskegee, AL	171
31	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	87