2025 Best Veterinary Medicine Schools in the Plains States Region
4Colleges in the Plains States Region
474Veterinary Medicine Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in veterinary medicine, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #196 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of veterinary medicine. Combined, these schools handed out 474 degrees in veterinary medicine to qualified students.
Your choice of veterinary medicine school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Veterinary Medicine School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that 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 Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Veterinary Medicine in the Plains States Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the veterinary medicine degree levels they offer.
Top Plains States Region Schools in Veterinary Medicine
It is hard to beat Iowa State University if you want to pursue a degree in veterinary medicine. Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #88 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Iowa State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 152 veterinary medicine students who graduated with this degree at Iowa State in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in veterinary medicine. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #45 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UMN Twin Cities is a great university overall.
There were roughly 102 veterinary medicine students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent data year.
Kansas State University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in veterinary medicine. K -State is a large public university located in the small city of Manhattan. This university ranks 2nd out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were approximately 104 veterinary medicine students who graduated with this degree at K -State in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat University of Missouri - Columbia if you wish to pursue a degree in veterinary medicine. Mizzou is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Columbia. This university ranks 3rd out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were roughly 116 veterinary medicine students who graduated with this degree at Mizzou in the most recent year we have data available.
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. For our Best Overall Veterinary Medicine School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
