About
The Vet Tech Institute of Houston is a private educational institution located in Houston, Texas, that offers a veterinary technology program accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association. Founded in 2003, it provides hands-on training with on-site kennels and has graduated over 8,000 students in its 18-month program, with high employment rates for graduates.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 23.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 1 Title IV programs, 1 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing1 · 100.0%
- No Data0 · 0.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools
Action history · 2
- Aug 2022Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
- Oct 2017Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary WithdrawalAccrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 243 students received $1.4M in Pell grants, alongside $1.8M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 150 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Vet Tech Institute of Houston
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Vet Tech Institute of Houston vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Vet Tech Institute of Houston selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
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SubjectVet Tech Institute of Houston | 55% | — | 200 | $16,179 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Bel-Rea Institute of Animal Technology | — | 59.4% | 139 | $24,961 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Blue Cliff College-Alexandria | — | — | 345 | $22,485 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Caris College | — | — | 202 | $17,866 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Carrington College-Albuquerque | — | 90.2% | 357 | $39,922 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Carrington College-Las Vegas | — | 89.6% | 396 | $30,306 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Carrington College-Spokane | — | 87.4% | 353 | $35,743 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Centura College-Norfolk | — | — | 163 | $26,719 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Concorde Career Institute-Miramar | — | 99.6% | 108 | $25,614 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Concorde Career Institute-Orlando | — | 90.0% | 95 | $32,657 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Concorde Career Institute-Tampa | — | 95.7% | 158 | $24,449 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Fortis College-Indianapolis | — | — | 322 | $28,374 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Fortis Institute-Forty Fort | — | — | 15 | $19,532 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Fortis Institute-Scranton | — | — | 372 | $24,235 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Hawaii Medical College | — | — | 194 | $35,048 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Healthcare Career College | — | — | 447 | $14,534 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
IBMC College | — | — | 297 | $23,382 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Med College | — | — | 455 | $65,555 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Miller-Motte College-Fayetteville | — | — | 336 | — | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Miller-Motte College-Raleigh | — | — | 409 | $21,131 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
New York School for Medical and Dental Assistants | — | — | 277 | $16,117 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Pima Medical Institute-Aurora | — | — | 266 | $18,729 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Pima Medical Institute-Colorado Springs | — | — | 305 | $24,909 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Pima Medical Institute-East Valley | — | — | 306 | $6,526 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
San Joaquin Valley College-Rancho Cordova | — | — | 224 | $27,288 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Southeastern College-Columbia | — | 97.3% | 267 | $37,856 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Taylor College | — | — | 308 | $27,624 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Vet Tech Institute | — | 77.6% | 183 | $17,585 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
WellSpring School of Allied Health-Kansas City | — | — | 208 | $12,861 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
| Peer group median | 55% | 90.0% | 277 | $24,679 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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