当今的兽医是经过医学培训，以科学为导向的专业人员，能够在动物健康的所有领域和公共卫生的许多领域提供许多服务并承担广泛的责任。充满挑战的职业激发了学生的兴趣，因此，兽医职位空缺的竞争非常激烈。虽然大多数兽医学前课程可以在两年内完成，但许多学生建议花三到四年的时间是可取的完成这些要求。在此期间，他们还将修读其他课程，以取得农业科学学位。许多学生在进入兽医学院之前都已完成学位课程。有兴趣的学生应该预计在大学里花三到四年的时间来准备入读任何一所兽医学院。试图入学的学生需要在大学尤其是理科课程中保持较高的平均成绩。
Today's veterinarian is a medically trained, scientifically-oriented professional, capable of rendering many services and accepting wide responsibilities in all areas of animal health and in many areas of public health. Such a challenging career stimulates the interest of students, therefore, the competition for vacancies in veterinary medicine is high.<br>While most of the pre-veterinary medicine curriculum can be completed in two years, many students are finding it advisable to spend three or four years in completing these requirements. During this time, they also take additional courses leading to a degree in agricultural sciences. Many students are completing degrees before they enter a college of veterinary medicine.<br>The Department of Agriculture always stands ready to assist students in fulfilling their pre-veterinary medicine requirements, whether they wish to do it in a two-year span or over three or four years. The supporting departments at the University including biology, chemistry, and English offer quality courses that provide students with an excellent background for the pursuit of veterinary medicine.