Best Veterinarian programs in Ohio, ranked by enrollment
Diagnose, treat, or research diseases and injuries of animals.
3 schools in Ohio run programs that feed this job, graduating 229 people a year. The job pays a median of $125,060 in Ohio across about 3,430 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Ohio that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
4 programs in Ohio that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Ohio (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 Ohio page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veterinary Medicinemain feeder CIP 01.8001In Ohio → | 164 | 71.6% | 1 | — | — |
| 2 | CIP 01.8101In Ohio → | 30 | 13.1% | 2 | $30,855 | $21,335 |
| 3 | Comparative and Laboratory Animal Medicinemain feeder CIP 01.8102In Ohio → | 22 | 9.6% | 1 | $30,855 | $21,335 |
| 4 | CIP 01.8110In Ohio → | 13 | 5.7% | 1 | $30,855 | $21,335 |
Top 3 schools in Ohio
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 2 of the 3 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio State University - Main Campus Columbus, OH Public · 3 feeder programs | 199 | Veterinary Medicine | — | 88% | — | 61% |
| 2 | Stautzenberger College - Maumee Maumee, OH Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 23 | Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General | $30,855 | 55% | $21,788 | — |
| 3 | Stautzenberger College - Brecksville Brecksville, OH Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 7 | Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General | $30,855 | 59% | $22,551 | — |
All 3 schools in Ohio
Every school in Ohio 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State University - Main Campus | Columbus | Public | 199 | 3 |
| Stautzenberger College - Maumee | Maumee | Private for-profit | 23 | 1 |
| Stautzenberger College - Brecksville | Brecksville | Private for-profit | 7 | 1 |
What veterinarians earn in Ohio
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $130,100. Ohio pays below the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in Ohio
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, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Veterinarians page.
How to become a Veterinarian
Job zone 5 of 5 · SVP 8.0 and above- Typical entry education
- Doctoral or professional degree
Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.
Top skills
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Ohio
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 Ohio.
What degree do you need to become a Veterinarian?+
Doctoral or professional degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Veterinary Medicine, which awarded 164 degrees in Ohio in 2024-25, 71.6% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Veterinarian?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 4 programs to this occupation. The largest are Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences. Together they graduate about 229 people a year in Ohio.
How much do veterinarians earn in Ohio?+
The median is $125,060 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 3.9% 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 Ohio?+
3 institutions in Ohio reported graduates from at least one of the 4 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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