Vet colleges set to meet pet care demand through 2035, study findsNovember 25, 2024Commissioned by the AVMA, the study refined 10-year veterinary market projections using enhanced data, prior studies, expert interviews, and predictive models through the next decade.
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VPN Plus+ ExclusiveHow many new veterinary schools do we need?September 21, 2023By Patty Khuly, VMD, MBADo we really have a shortage of veterinarians? The answer is multifactorial and complex, but it certainly feels like a shortage to most of us. Yet, I can’t help but interpret the fundamental trends that fuel this feeling as stemming from fewer veterinary hours worked and decreased productivity overall—not from a lack of bodies.
University of California, Davis ranked number one U.S. veterinary medicine schoolMarch 15, 2019University of California, Davis is the best school for veterinary medicine in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report. The results were released as part of the 2020 U.S. News Best Graduate Schools Rankings. These are the 28 best schools for veterinary medicine: 1) University of California, Davis 2) Cornell University 3) Colorado State University 4) North Carolina State University 5) Ohio State University 6) Texas A&M University, College Station 7) University of Pennsylvania 8) University of Wisconsin, Madison 9) University of Florida 10) University of Georgia 11) University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 12) Tufts University 13) Purdue University, West Lafayette 14) Auburn University 15) Iowa State University 16) Washington State University 17) Michigan State University 18) Virginia Tech, University of Maryland 19) Kansas State University 20) University of Missouri 21) University of Tennessee, Knoxville 22) Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 23) University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 24) Mississippi State University, Oregon State University (tied) 25) Oklahoma State University - Tuskegee University, (rank not published (RNP) - Western University of Health …
Texas Tech, UA plans uncertainJanuary 31, 2017Texas Tech University has halted—at least temporarily—its proposal to establish a college of veterinary medicine. One year after unveiling an initiative to open a school in Amarillo, the Texas Tech University System in early December “placed the veterinary school on pause,” in the words of spokesman Brett Ashworth.
Vet school applications on the rise in 2016January 31, 2017Nearly 400 more college undergraduates—about a 6 percent increase—applied to veterinary schools in 2016 compared with the year before, according to the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges.
