Master’s degree
Master of Veterinary Clinical Care-Small Animal (MVCC-SAM)
Lincoln Memorial University · Richard A. Gillespie College of Veterinary Medicine · No campus · institution based in United States
- Official award
- Master of Science in Veterinary Clinical CareMS
- Pathway
- Veterinary technologyStated for United States
- Format
- Hybrid
- Tuition
- Not published
Hybrid program
About this program
Distance-enhanced 68-credit master's for licensed technicians: the first 30 credits are the fully online MS VMT, the remaining 38 credits are in person with some hybrid offerings; it does not currently lead to additional licensure.
- Subject
- Veterinary technology
- Department
- Richard A. Gillespie College of Veterinary Medicine
- 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
- Master’s degreeA postgraduate degree. Many are academic or research degrees that do not qualify graduates to practise as veterinarians.
- 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 page says the program prepares licensed technicians for advanced veterinary nursing careers, and for Veterinary Professional Associate roles in states introducing VPA pathways.“The program is designed to develop the necessary skills for licensed technicians seeking career advancement as Veterinary Professional Associates (VPA) in states introducing VPA pathways.”Source
- Prior degree required
- Yes
- Further professional requirements
- Does not currently lead to additional licensure qualifications.Source
| Route | Duration | Credits | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Existing professional qualification required | 30 online credits (MS VMT) then 38 credits in person/hybrid | 68 | Credentialed veterinary technician with a bachelor's degree who completes the MS VMTSource |
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.
No accreditation, recognition or registration-pathway record for this program has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.
Study structure
- Delivery
- HybridPart online and part in person (campus attendance, laboratory work, attendance-based exams or clinical placements). A hybrid program is never described as fully online.
- Online instruction
- Blended with required campus elements
- Mandatory campus attendance
- Yes
- Campus residencies or workshops
- Not described beyond the in-person coursework.
- In-person assessment
- The remaining 38 credits after the online MS VMT portion are completed in person with some hybrid (online) offerings.
- Laboratory work
- Hands-on clinical experience is part of the curriculum; details are not given on the page read.
- Mandatory clinical or workplace placement
- Clinical experience is part of the program (students must provide rabies titer or booster documentation before it); the page read does not say who arranges clinical sites.
- Placement arrangement
- Placement arrangement not published
- Must already work in a veterinary setting
- Not published
- Placement site approval
- Not published
- Required professional status or prior education
- Applicants must be credentialed veterinary technicians with proof of licensure and hold a bachelor's degree.
- Live attendance
- Live attendance not published
- International enrolment
- Not published
- Study mode
- Full-time, Part-time
- Duration
- Not published
- Credits
- 68 Graduate credit hours (30 online MS VMT + 38 in person/hybrid)Credit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Clinical components
- Combines comprehensive coursework with hands-on clinical experience
- Campus attendance
- The remaining 38 credits are completed in person with some hybrid (online) offerings.
- Intakes
- Fall
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
- Previous qualification
- Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) and proof of veterinary technician licensure; applicants enter through the MS VMT and receive provisional acceptance in the final year of the MS VMT
- Documents
- Transcripts, two letters of recommendation, two 500-word essays, proof of licensure; phone interview with the program director during the MS VMT
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, duration, animal or veterinary experience requirement, accreditation or recognition record.
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)