Associate degree
Health Professions AAS - Veterinary Technology Program
Bergen Community College · Veterinary Technology Program (School of Veterinary Technology) · Paramus, New Jersey, United States
- Official award
- Health Professions Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) in veterinary technologyAAS
- Pathway
- Veterinary technologyStated for United States
- Format
- On campusProgram Length: 24 months
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Twenty-four-month AAS in veterinary technology at Paramus with spring-semester admission, a standardised admissions exam and prerequisite courses.
Role the program prepares for: Entry-level veterinary technician working with veterinarians in large animal, small animal and laboratory animal settings.
- Subject
- Veterinary technology
- Department
- Veterinary Technology Program (School of Veterinary Technology)
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Qualification and professional pathway
Pathway is classified only from a statement on an official page. An award title such as DVM, BVSc, BSc or MSc does not decide it, and no degree, accreditation or listing by itself grants permission to practise anywhere.
- Degree level
- Associate degreeA two-year-type degree, common in the United States for veterinary technology.
- Pathway
- Veterinary technologyPrograms preparing veterinary technicians or technologists, depending on the jurisdiction. This is a different role from veterinary nursing in some countries and the same role under another name in others.
- Why we classify it this way
- The program page says it is designed to train people to enter the field as certified veterinary technicians.“is designed to provide students with the coursework and training needed to enter into the field as a certified veterinary technician.”Source
- Prior degree required
- No
- Further professional requirements
- Once students complete the program they are prepared to take the veterinary technician licensure exam.Source
| Route | Duration | Credits | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depends on previous study | Program length: 24 months | – | Prerequisite courses completed before acceptance; GPA of 2.00 for admissions eligibility; admissions exam.Source |
Accreditation, evaluation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Program accreditation, evaluation status, professional-body recognition, eligibility toward registration, institutional recognition, directory listings and memberships are different things; none of them is automatic permission to practise, and recognition in one country does not guarantee registration in another.
Verified in official recordAVMA Committee on Veterinary Technician Education and Activities (CVTEA)Program accreditationFull statusUS
Scope: Bergen Community College, School of Veterinary Technology, Paramus NJ - Associate of Applied Science; listed as FULL ACCREDITATION, next evaluation 2030
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- Program Length: 24 months
- Clinical components
- Coursework, skill acquisition, and meaningful clinical experiences.
- Intakes
- Spring semester (year not stated on the cited page)
- Campus
- Paramus campus400 Paramus Road, Paramus, NJ 07652
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Animal or veterinary experience
- Not published
- Interview
- Not published
- Science prerequisites
- Prerequisite courses include ENG-101 English Composition, VET-102 Intro to Veterinary and VET-103 Vet Medical Terminology.
- Tests explicitly required
- Veterinary Technology Admissions Exam (Admissions Assessment Examination by HESI); fee payable to the examination company.
- Official instructions
- Application instructions
Fees and costs
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.
The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether clinical or laboratory charges, equipment and protective clothing, travel, placement expenses and insurance are extra.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, full-time or part-time options, animal or veterinary experience requirement, clinical placement details.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 19 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 19 October 2026)