Vet Schools by Region

With all the veterinary offices available around the country, many people do not realize that there are only twenty eight veterinary schools in the United States producing all of these veterinarians.  Surprisingly few institutions offer schooling to provide a service that is very much in demand for a society that badly needs it for livestock, working animals, and beloved pets.  Here is the current national breakdown:

Northeast:
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine - http://www.vet.cornell.edu/
Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine - http://www.tufts.edu/vet/
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine - http://www.vet.upenn.edu/

Atlantic:
North Carolina State College of Veterinary Medicine - http://www.cvm.ncsu.edu/
Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (Virginia Tech) - http://www.vetmed.vt.edu/

Southeast:
Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine - http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/
Louisiana State University College of Veterinary Medicine - http://www.vetmed.lsu.edu/
Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine - http://cvm.msu.edu/
Tuskegee University School of Veterinary Medicine - http://www.tuskegee.edu/Global/category.asp?C=41703
University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine - http://www.vetmed.ufl.edu/
University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine - http://www.vet.uga.edu/
University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine - http://www.vet.utk.edu/

Midwest:
Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine - http://www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/
Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine - http://www.vetmed.iastate.edu/
Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine - http://www.vet.ksu.edu/
Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine - http://cvm.msu.edu/
Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine - http://www.vet.ohio-state.edu/
Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine - http://www.cvm.okstate.edu/
Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine - http://www.vet.purdue.edu/
University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine - http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/
University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine - http://www.cvm.umn.edu/
University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine - http://www.cvm.missouri.edu/
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine - http://www.vetmed.wisc.edu/

Southwest:
Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine - http://www.cvm.tamu.edu/

Pacific:
University of California, Davis School of Veterinary Medicine - http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/
Western University of Health Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine - http://www.westernu.edu/veterinary/home.xml

Northwest:
Oregon State University College of Veterinary Medicine - http://oregonstate.edu/vetmed/
Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine - http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/

Of particular interest is the large concentration (almost 40%) in the midwest.  That makes sense in the idea that most of the country's livestock is located in this region of the country.  However, less than 40% of veterinarians spend much of their careers working with farm animals.

In addition to these fine institutions, there is also a growing popularity in international schools for veterinary medicine.  These schools often operate on a similar curriculum to their American counterparts, but offer the education for a fraction of the price.  While the United State has strict standards for approving degrees from foreign medical schools, the country is much more lax when it comes to veterinary institutions allowing the for graduates from these institutions to practice their trade in the United States.

Some international veterinary institution options:

American University of Antigua College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences - http://www.auamed.org/vetschool (located in the Caribbean)
Royal Veterinary College, University of London - http://www.rvc.ac.uk/ (located in the United Kingdom)
School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow - http://www.gla.ac.uk/faculties/vet/ (located in the United Kingdom)