2025 Best Veterinary Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

If you pursue a doctor's degree in veterinary medicine, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #9 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 9 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Veterinary Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,031 doctor's degrees in veterinary medicine during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Veterinary Medicine School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of veterinary medicine for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality veterinary medicine program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on veterinary medicine students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other veterinary medicine students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt veterinary medicine students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized veterinary medicine related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for veterinary medicine students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Veterinary Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Veterinary Medicine in the Southeast Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for veterinary medicine students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine

1

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

116 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in veterinary medicine has to look into University of Florida. UF is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Gainesville.More information about a doctorate in veterinary medicine from University of Florida

2

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

121 Annual Graduates

$99,632 Median Starting Salary

Virginia Tech is a great option for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in veterinary medicine. Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Blacksburg.

Doctorate graduates who receive their degree from the veterinary medicine program earn around $99,632 for their early career.

More information about a doctorate in veterinary medicine from Virginia Tech

3

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Knoxville, TN

79 Annual Graduates

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in veterinary medicine. UT Knoxville is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville.More information about a doctorate in veterinary medicine from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

4

University of Georgia
Athens, GA

116 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Georgia if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in veterinary medicine. UGA is a fairly large public university located in the city of Athens.More information about a doctorate in veterinary medicine from University of Georgia

5

Auburn University
Auburn, AL

126 Annual Graduates

Located in the small city of Auburn, Auburn is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in veterinary medicine from Auburn University

6

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

94 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in veterinary medicine from North Carolina State University

7

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, LA

114 Annual Graduates

Louisiana State University is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge.More information about a doctorate in veterinary medicine from Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

8

Tuskegee University
Tuskegee, AL

57 Annual Graduates

Tuskegee is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Tuskegee.More information about a doctorate in veterinary medicine from Tuskegee University

9

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS

93 Annual Graduates

Mississippi State is a fairly large public university located in the remote town of Mississippi State.More information about a doctorate in veterinary medicine from Mississippi State University

Best Veterinary Medicine Colleges by State

Explore the best veterinary medicine schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	138	105
Virginia	127	128
Georgia	126	115
North Carolina	115	96
Mississippi	113	92
Louisiana	103	84
Tennessee	102	208
Alabama	98	174

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Veterinary Medicine Related Rankings by Major

One of 18 majors within the Agriculture & Agriculture Operations area of study, Veterinary Medicine has other similar majors worth exploring.

Veterinary Medicine Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Veterinary Medicine	1,031

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Plant Sciences	101
Animal Science	68
Food Science Technology	40
Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences	40
Agricultural Production	17
Agricultural Public Services	9
General Agriculture	8
Agricultural Economics & Business	6
Soil Sciences	6

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.