Best programs to become a veterinarian in Indiana
1 Indiana school offers programs that train veterinarians, graduating 90 people a year. Veterinarians in Indiana earn a median of $124,530 across about 1,500 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
BLS lists a doctoral or professional degree as the typical entry-level education for veterinarians. The fields of study that lead most directly to this job in Indiana are Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences (IPEDS completions).
Diagnose, treat, or research diseases and injuries of animals.
2 programs in Indiana that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Indiana (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Indiana page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Medicinemain feeder CIP 01.8001In Indiana → | 74 | 82.2% | 1 | — | — |
| 2 | CIP 01.8101In Indiana → | 16 | 17.8% | 1 | $30,855 | $21,335 |
Top 1 schools in Indiana
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 1 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purdue University - Main Campus West Lafayette, IN Public · 2 feeder programs | 90 | Veterinary Medicine | — | 83% | — | 50% |
All 1 schools in Indiana
Every school in Indiana with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purdue University - Main Campus | West Lafayette | Public | 90 | 2 |
Fields of study in Indiana that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
What veterinarians earn in Indiana
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $130,100. Indiana pays below the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in Indiana
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Veterinarians page.
How to become a veterinarian
- Typical entry education
- Doctoral or professional degree
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Indiana
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 25 majors mapped to Veterinarians11 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 01.8001Veterinary Medicine
- 01.8101Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General
- 01.8102Comparative and Laboratory Animal Medicine
- 01.8103Large Animal/Food Animal and Equine Surgery and Medicine
- 01.8104Small/Companion Animal Surgery and Medicine
- 01.8105Veterinary Anatomy(no graduates reported)
- 01.8106Veterinary Infectious Diseases
- 01.8107Veterinary Microbiology and Immunobiology
- 01.8108Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology
- 01.8109Veterinary Physiology
- 01.8110Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology, and Public Health
- 01.8111Veterinary Toxicology and Pharmacology(no graduates reported)
- 01.8199Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Other
- 60.0301Veterinary Anesthesiology Residency Program(no graduates reported)
- 60.0302Veterinary Dentistry Residency Program(no graduates reported)
- 60.0303Veterinary Dermatology Residency Program(no graduates reported)
- 60.0304Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Residency Program(no graduates reported)
- 60.0305Veterinary Internal Medicine Residency Program(no graduates reported)
- 60.0306Laboratory Animal Medicine Residency Program(no graduates reported)
- 60.0307Veterinary Microbiology Residency Program(no graduates reported)
- 60.0308Veterinary Nutrition Residency Program(no graduates reported)
- 60.0309Veterinary Ophthalmology Residency Program(no graduates reported)
- 60.0310Veterinary Pathology Residency Program(no graduates reported)
- 60.0311Veterinary Practice Residency Program(no graduates reported)
- 60.0312Veterinary Preventive Medicine Residency Program(no graduates reported)
Common questions
Answers for people weighing veterinarians programs in Indiana.
What degree do you need to become a veterinarian?+
BLS lists a doctoral or professional degree as the typical entry-level education for veterinarians. The fields of study that lead most directly to this job in Indiana are Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences (IPEDS completions).
Which college majors lead to becoming a veterinarian?+
The fields of study that lead most directly to this job in Indiana are Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences (IPEDS completions). In all, 2 feeder programs graduate about 90 people a year in Indiana (IPEDS completions).
How much do veterinarians earn in Indiana?+
The median is $124,530 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 4.3% below the U.S. median of $130,100. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for veterinarians growing?+
BLS projects a +9.6% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, much faster than average, with roughly 3,000 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Indiana?+
1 institutions in Indiana reported graduates from at least one of the 2 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
What other job titles do veterinarians work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Veterinary Medicine Doctor (DVM), Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM), Emergency Veterinarian (Emergency Vet), Small Animal Veterinarian (Small Animal Vet) among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 29-1131.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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