US Veterinary Medical Colleges Research Articles

Employment, starting salaries, and educational indebtedness of year 2021 graduates of US veterinary medical colleges.

For year 2021 graduates of US veterinary medical schools and colleges who had accepted a full-time position in a private or public practice or an advanced education program (n = 2,448), mean starting annual salary was $80,844. Excluding salaries for individuals who were pursuing advanced education, mean starting annual salary for graduates who had accepted a full-time position in a private or public practice was $98,088. For the 2,771 year 2021 graduates who reported information on debt, mean educational debt accumulated during veterinary school was $156,221 (median, $160,000). Mean educational debt for the 2,322 year 2021 graduates who had educational debt was $186,430, compared with a mean of $188,853 for year 2020 graduates who had educational debt.

Employment, starting salaries, and educational indebtedness analyzed by gender for year-2020 graduates of US veterinary medical colleges

"Employment, starting salaries, and educational indebtedness analyzed by gender for year-2020 graduates of US veterinary medical colleges" published on 15 Apr 2021 by American Veterinary Medical Association.

Employment, starting salaries, and educational indebtedness of year-2019 graduates of US veterinary medical colleges

For year-2019 graduates of US veterinary medical schools and colleges who had accepted a full-time position in private, public, or corporate practice or an advanced education program (n = 2,375), mean starting annual salary was $70,045. Excluding salaries for individuals who were pursuing advanced education, mean starting annual salary for graduates who had accepted a full-time position in private, public, or corporate practice was $86,031. For the 2,720 year-2019 graduates who reported information on debt, mean educational debt accumulated during veterinary school was $149,877 (median, $156,597). Mean educational debt for the 2,224 (81.8%) year-2019 graduates who had educational debt was $183,302, compared with a mean of $183,014 for year-2018 graduates who had educational debt. (J Am Vet Med Assoc 2020;257:292-297).

Employment, starting salaries, and educational indebtedness of year-2018 graduates of US veterinary medical colleges.

Mean full-time starting salary among all types of employers combined (private, public, or corporate practice and advanced education programs) was $65,896 in 2018. Excluding salaries for graduates pursuing advanced education, the mean full-time starting salary was $82,425. Mean educational debt accumulated during veterinary school for all respondents (n = 2,758) in 2018 was $152,358 (median, $159,000). Mean educational debt among the 82.7% of respondents who had debt (n = 2,280) was $183,014 in 2018, an increase of 9.8%, compared with the 2017 value.

Employment of female and male graduates of US veterinary medical colleges, 2013

Employment of female and male graduates of US veterinary medical colleges, 2013

Employment, starting salaries, and educational indebtedness of year-2013 graduates of US veterinary medical colleges

Employment, starting salaries, and educational indebtedness of year-2013 graduates of US veterinary medical colleges

Employment, starting salaries, and educational indebtedness of year-2012 graduates of US veterinary medical colleges

Employment, starting salaries, and educational indebtedness of year-2012 graduates of US veterinary medical colleges

Employment of female and male graduates of US veterinary medical colleges, 2012

Employment of female and male graduates of US veterinary medical colleges, 2012

Employment, starting salaries, and educational indebtedness of year-2012 graduates of US veterinary medical colleges

Employment, starting salaries, and educational indebtedness of year-2012 graduates of US veterinary medical colleges

Employment of female and male graduates of US veterinary medical colleges, 2011

Employment of female and male graduates of US veterinary medical colleges, 2011

Employment, starting salaries, and educational indebtedness of year-2011 graduates of US veterinary medical colleges

Employment, starting salaries, and educational indebtedness of year-2011 graduates of US veterinary medical colleges

Employment of female and male graduates of US veterinary medical colleges, 2010

Employment of female and male graduates of US veterinary medical colleges, 2010

Employment, starting salaries, and educational indebtedness of year-2010 graduates of US veterinary medical colleges

Employment, starting salaries, and educational indebtedness of year-2010 graduates of US veterinary medical colleges

Employment of female and male graduates of US veterinary medical colleges, 2009

Employment of female and male graduates of US veterinary medical colleges, 2009

Employment, starting salaries, and educational indebtedness of year-2009 graduates of US veterinary medical colleges

Employment, starting salaries, and educational indebtedness of year-2009 graduates of US veterinary medical colleges

Employment, starting salaries, and educational indebtedness of year-2008 graduates of US veterinary medical schools and colleges

Employment, starting salaries, and educational indebtedness of year-2008 graduates of US veterinary medical schools and colleges

Employment of female and male graduates of US veterinary medical schools and colleges, 2008

Mean starting salary among graduates of U.S. veterinary medical schools and colleges during 2008 was $51,321 for males and $47,330 for females. Mean debt for male graduates with debt was $115,059, whereas mean debt for female graduates with debt was $121,006.

Employment, starting salaries, and educational indebtedness of year-2008 graduates of US veterinary medical schools and colleges

Employment, starting salaries, and educational indebtedness of year-2008 graduates of US veterinary medical schools and colleges

Trends in gender, employment, salary, and debt of graduates of US veterinary medical schools and colleges

To characterize trends in gender, employment, starting salaries, and educational debt of graduates of US veterinary medical schools and colleges from 1988 to 2007. Meta-analysis. Sample Population-Veterinary medical graduates from 26 or 27 of 27 US veterinary schools and colleges from 1988 through 2007. Data were obtained from surveys published in the JAVMA. A chi2 test for trend was used to analyze trends in choices of employment and educational indebtedness for the veterinary graduate populations over time. The greatest changes in employment occurred in predominantly large animal practice, which attracted 10.7% of new graduates in 1989 but only 2.2% in 2007, and in advanced study, which attracted 15.2% of new graduates in 1989 and 36.8% in 2007. In 2007, 75% of graduates were women, but this gender shift was not associated with the decline in the percentage of graduates entering rural practice. From 1989 through 2007, starting salaries in private practice increased at a rate of 4.60%/y. During the same period, educational debt increased at an annual rate of 7.36%, or 60% higher than the rate of increases for starting salaries. As a result, debt at graduation increased from 1.1 times the starting salary in 1989 to 2.0 times the starting salary in 2007. Veterinary students are now more in debt than they have ever been. This trend together with a substantial increase in the rate of interest charged for government-backed education loans create conditions for new graduates that appear unsustainable.

Employment of female and male graduates of US veterinary medical colleges, 2007

Employment of female and male graduates of US veterinary medical colleges, 2007