How much of an impact on my college will it have if i go to a ag scholl as opposed to a public school, and what do large animal vets make in the state of ct, owners of the practice, vets, vet techs, assistants, etc
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2006-07-02 15:20:46 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
There are only 28 schools for veterinary medicine degrees:
http://www.aavmc.org/students_admissions/vet_schools.htm
Colorado State has an excellent large animal program.
There are 125 AVMA-accredited that offer veterinary tech degrees:
http://www.avma.org/education/cvea/vettech_programs/vettech_programs.asp
Median yearly salary for:
Large animal vet: $80,000 (depending on type of practice)
http://www.avma.org/membshp/marketstats/usvets.asp
Veterinary tech: $25,000
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos183.htm
Veterinary assistant: $19,000
Veterinarians who own their own practice can make anything from $30,000 up to $120,000 per year.
Not sure what you mean by whether to go to an ag school or not - do you mean for your undergrad degree?
2006-07-02 18:10:42 · answer #1 · answered by Another 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
UC Davis, in California -- excellent, and you might try Cornell, and Pen State (these were the vets who put Barbaro back together after that lovely horse shattered his right hind pastern. But again, gotta have the grades.....and it makes no difference, really, where you go to hs.... lots of kids get into these really good vet schools from public hs, and state colleges. Large animal vets' salaries and earnings vary -- Connecticut doesn't have a large cattle population, nor a large equine population, so your income would be less there than in states that did, and also in warmer states....
2006-07-03 00:19:00 · answer #2 · answered by April 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Iowa State University has a great veterinary school and is one of the top schools in the US. They do testing there in the Animal lab as well. Give them a try- you couldn't get a more reasonably priced education!!!
2006-07-03 00:11:56 · answer #3 · answered by daddysnurse 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Large animal vets need to attend a school with large doors and wide chairs!
2006-07-04 02:21:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Virginia Tech has one of the best vet programs on the east coast, but I dont know where u are.
2006-07-03 00:14:04 · answer #5 · answered by Amy C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Florida State University has a huge program. They have all kinds of vet science.
2006-07-02 22:23:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check Va. Tech, and I suspect your grades will be most important. Good luck.
2006-07-02 22:28:18 · answer #7 · answered by warriorwoman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
UW-University Madison. They have a excellent program
(Wisconsin)
2006-07-02 22:36:08 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to Texas A&M, if you're smart enough.
2006-07-03 01:34:18 · answer #9 · answered by Scorpius59 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋