Program Info
As a University of Findlay Pre-Veterinary student, you will have a number of different career paths open to you. Many of our students are following the traditional path to a career as a veterinarian by going on to a college of veterinary medicine after graduation. There are many exciting opportunities within the profession of veterinary medicine today. The majority of UF Pre-Veterinary students are following one of the courses of study below. Dr. Linda Peck and Dr. Mike Kerns can help you choose the pathway best suited to you, based on your individual talents and career goals. Regardless of which path you choose, here are some of the career options open to you:
Clinical Practice
Industry
Public
Other
When it becomes time to move on to the next level of education, students can enter a college of veterinary medicine or move on to graduate school in a different area. What to expect:
Graduation Day at The University!
Admission to a College of Veterinary Medicine• It usually takes four years of undergraduate study and four years of professional school to earn a doctorate of veterinary medicine. • More than 60 percent of our current juniors and seniors having at least a 3.0 GPA will be accepted to one or more of the 28 accredited veterinary programs in the United States.• While veterinary schools still prefer to accept four year students, UF students may be accepted as a three-plus-one student and finish their bachelor’s degree during their first year in professional school. This means you can apply to professional school in your junior year and finish your bachelor of science degree while in veterinary school.• Many students are also accepted to veterinary school upon graduation with their bachelor’s degree.• Most students currently graduate with a dual major in pre-veterinary medicine and biology. In keeping with the University's tradition of helping students be as prepared as possible to enter the workplace, the PVET Program now enables you to graduate with a stronger transcript by graduating with a B.S. in animal science. This increases your preparation for professional school even more. A dual major in biology is still attainable.
Admission to Graduate School• Many students choose to broaden their career opportunities by applying to and entering a master’s program. This gives you much more flexibility and marketability. UF students have entered master’s programs in theriogenology, nutrition, genetics, reproduction, animal behavior, public health, wildlife ecology and immunology.• UF students have used their degrees to teach at colleges and universities or work for human and animal pharmaceutical companies as field representatives or as researchers. They are employed as researchers in private industry, or as animal care specialists and managers in agriculture, zoological parks and research facilities. • The Ohio State University has created a Master’s of Public Health with a specialization in Veterinary Public Health specifically designed for students like UF’s, who might wish to add a preventive medicine specialty to their degree or enter the field of public health without a doctorate of veterinary medicine. Dr. Armando Hoet, Coordinator of the program, feels UF Pre-Veterinary students are well suited for this program. Some UF students are using this program to add to their knowledge of zoonotic disease (that which can be transmitted from animals to man) prior to going on to veterinary school or to work in the public sector to safeguard our food supply and lower the risks of bioterrorism. • Students may also use their master’s to further enhance their doctorate of veterinary medicine degree or as a second career option.
