2025 Best Veterinary Medicine Schools in the Southeast Region
9Colleges in the Southeast Region
1,088Veterinary Medicine Degrees Awarded
Veterinary Medicine is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #196 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 9 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for veterinary medicine students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,088 degrees in veterinary medicine annually.
Your choice of veterinary medicine school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for veterinary medicine schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Veterinary Medicine in the Southeast Region
The schools below may not offer all types of veterinary medicine degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Southeast Region Schools in Veterinary Medicine
University of Florida is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in veterinary medicine. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #56 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UF is a great university overall.
There were approximately 195 veterinary medicine students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Virginia Tech if you wish to pursue a degree in veterinary medicine. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #58 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Virginia Tech is a great school overall.
There were about 119 veterinary medicine students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Tech in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in veterinary medicine has to look into The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. Located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were roughly 83 veterinary medicine students who graduated with this degree at UT Knoxville in the most recent data year.
University of Georgia is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in veterinary medicine. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #69 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were approximately 110 veterinary medicine students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent year we have data available.
Auburn is a fairly large public university located in the city of Auburn. This university ranks 2nd out of 42 colleges for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were approximately 119 veterinary medicine students who graduated with this degree at Auburn in the most recent data year.
NC State is a very large public university located in the city of Raleigh. A Best Colleges rank of #122 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means NC State is a great university overall.
There were about 99 veterinary medicine students who graduated with this degree at NC State in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 30 colleges for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were about 98 veterinary medicine students who graduated with this degree at Louisiana State University in the most recent data year.
Located in the distant town of Tuskegee, Tuskegee is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 28th out of 42 colleges for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were approximately 47 veterinary medicine students who graduated with this degree at Tuskegee in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Mississippi State, Mississippi State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 24 colleges for overall quality in the state of Mississippi.
There were about 94 veterinary medicine students who graduated with this degree at Mississippi State in the most recent data year.
Veterinary Medicine is one of 0 different types of Veterinary Medicine programs to choose from.
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).
Your choice of veterinary medicine school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for veterinary medicine schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
