Enjoy science?
Enjoy working with animals?
Enjoy working with people?

...if your answers are "yes," a career in veterinary medicine may be for you!

Why Become a Veterinarian?

Careers as varied as your interests.

• Private Practice
• Company and Corporate Clinics
• Teaching
• Public Health
• Military Service
• Food Safety
• Aquatic Medicine
• Zoological and Marine Parks
• Environmental
• Regulatory Medicine
• Aerospace Medicine
• Homeland Security
• Research

Whichever direction you go, you will find fulfilling and rewarding work, and flexibility to change directions if you wish.

Rewards come in various forms, and not just cash.

National surveys show that being a veterinarian is one of the most fulfilling careers. Knowing you are serving both animal and human wellbeing is a major benefit that few careers offer. It's a career you can be proud of, and enjoy doing throughout your working life.

The pay isn't bad either. In 2006, salaries for Iowa State graduates in veterinary medicine averaged $58,500.

Deadlines for Admissions

February 1, 2009:
Postmark date for fall 2008 transcripts