Bright outlook
Healthcare practitioners
Veterinarians
- Median pay
- $130,100
- Outlook
- Much faster than average
Doctoral or professional degree
- Active Listening
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Learning
ProgramsAgricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields
Veterinary Medicine
CIP01.80
33 colleges offer Veterinary Medicine. See what it covers, which degree levels are available and what graduates earn and borrow.
Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition
- Colleges offering it
- 33
- at its most common level
- First professional earnings
- $126,665
- median, 4 years after
- First professional debt
- $168,667
- median federal loans
Colleges offering it, by degree level
- Master's
- 2
- Doctoral
- 7
- First professional
- 33
- Graduate/professional certificate
- 2
What it covers
About Veterinary Medicine
Veterinary Medicine is part of Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields: instructional programs that focus on agriculture, animal, plant, veterinary, and related sciences and that prepares individuals to apply specific knowledge, methods, and techniques to the management and performance of agricultural and veterinary operations.
Definition: National Center for Education Statistics, Classification of Instructional Programs 2020, code 01.80.
By degree level
Earnings and debt by degree level
Medians across colleges of each college's own program median. Earnings are for graduates who received federal aid and were working.
| Degree level | Colleges | Median earnings | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master's | 2 | $263,2414 yrs after · 1 college | Not reported |
| Doctoral | 7 | $138,6994 yrs after · 2 colleges | $173,9103 colleges |
| First professional | 33 | $126,6654 yrs after · 24 colleges | $168,66725 colleges |
| Graduate/professional certificate | 2 | Not reported | Not reported |
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data, 2025. Colleges with too few graduates have their earnings and debt suppressed, so the number of colleges reporting is smaller than the number offering the program.
Careers
Careers this program leads to
Occupations linked to Veterinary Medicine by the NCES CIP–SOC crosswalk, highest national median pay first. Pay and outlook are BLS figures for each occupation.
- Bright outlook
Education
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
- Median pay
- $107,310
- Outlook
- Much faster than average
Doctoral or professional degree
- Instructing
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
More in Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields
Other programs in the same area of study, by how many colleges offer them.
Every program in this area- Agricultural Business and Management232 colleges
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services229 colleges
- Agricultural Production Operations187 colleges
- Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians183 colleges
- Agriculture, General111 colleges
- Animal Sciences99 colleges
- Plant Sciences85 colleges
- Food Science and Technology76 colleges
Questions about Veterinary Medicine
How many colleges offer Veterinary Medicine?
Published colleges on CollegesRef report Veterinary Medicine at these degree levels: master's (2 colleges), doctoral (7 colleges), first professional (33 colleges), graduate/professional certificate (2 colleges). Counts are from College Scorecard field-of-study data (2025).
What do Veterinary Medicine graduates earn?
At the median college, first professional graduates in Veterinary Medicine earn $126,665 a year four years after finishing, across 24 colleges that report earnings. Figures cover graduates who received federal aid.