You're grateful that your last case is an annual wellness exam—on a rabbit.
Salary Data
Median (with eight years in the field): $79,800
25th to 75th percentile (with eight or more years of experience): $65,500-$106,000
(Data provided by PayScale.com)
Training
Getting into vet school is tough. Only one in three is accepted, and the average vet school student has a 3.5 GPA, 1350 GRE, and strong practical experience in a vet's office or in veterinary research. The latter is often more impressive—after all, you're trying to impress academics. Another plus is large-animal experience. Note: 80 percent of entering students are female.
New graduates with a doctor of veterinary medicine degree may begin to practice veterinary medicine once they receive their license, but many new graduates choose to enter a one-year internship. Some then seek board certification, which requires an additional three- or four-year program in one of 20 specialties, such as internal medicine, surgery, cardiology, or exotic small animals.
Smart Specialties
Veterinary cardiologist. Demand is growing, treatments are improving, and, after a few years of experience, earnings can be excellent for these heart specialists. Portal to Veterinary Cardiology sites , Veterinary Clinical Cardiology .
Laboratory animals vet. It's a relatively easy specialty: Working hours are 9 to 5, no weekends, and you get to work in a medical school or drug company setting. There are ample jobs because most animal research must be supervised by a laboratory animal vet.
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