The American Veterinary Medical Association, or AVMA, is an accrediting body for veterinary medical education programs. If a university is accredited, it means that its programs have been voluntarily submitted for evaluation against a set of educational standards. The standards are defined by the AVMA and the evaluation process includes a self-evaluation by college officials, site visits by trained site visitors, a review of the site visit report, and a written report of the site findings.
As soon as the college becomes accredited, its work continues to be monitored at a minimum on an annual basis. This process is extremely beneficial both for the university and veterinarians as it means that the university provides contemporary high-quality education. Moreover, attending an accredited college means that veterinary students will meet a competency threshold for entry into veterinary practice and eligibility for professional credentialing and licensing.
According to the official web list, there are thirty accredited universities in the United States. This list is updated biannually and universities can get accreditation through a review process. The review process is conducted by an external review panel of practitioners and academics, who assess whether the university meets the Requirements of an Accredited College of Veterinary Medicine.
Here is the list of all AVMA accredited veterinary universities in the USA:
- Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
- Cornell University, Ithaca, New Tork
- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
- Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
- Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona
- University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi
- North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
- Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma
- Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
- Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
- Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas
- Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts
- Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama
- University of California, Davis, Davis, California
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
- University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois
- University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota
- University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
- Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, Virginia
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
- Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California
If you want to see the accredited universities by AVMA in the rest of the world, you can see them here