Associate degree
Veterinary Technician Associate Degree - Satellite path
Madison Area Technical College · School of Health Sciences - Veterinary Technician program · Madison, Wisconsin, United States
- Official award
- Associate Degree in Veterinary Technician (Satellite path)AAS
- Pathway
- Veterinary technologyStated for United States
- Format
- Hybrid
- Tuition
- Not published
Hybrid program
About this program
Semi-remote path for people already working as veterinary assistants: theory is online and hands-on skills are completed in select face-to-face labs.
- Subject
- Veterinary technology
- Department
- School of Health Sciences - Veterinary Technician program
- 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
- Same Veterinary Technician program page; the Satellite path is one of two paths to becoming a Veterinary Technician.“Madison College offers two paths to becoming a Veterinary Technician.”Source
- Prior degree required
- Not published
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
- Mostly online
- Mandatory campus attendance
- Yes
- Laboratory work
- Hands-on skills are completed during select face-to-face labs.
- Mandatory clinical or workplace placement
- Satellite students are employed as veterinary assistants, working an average of 20 hours per week in a veterinary clinic.
- Placement arrangement
- Student arranges the placement
- Must already work in a veterinary setting
- Yes
- Placement site approval
- Not published
- Required professional status or prior education
- Employed as a veterinary assistant
- Live attendance
- Live attendance not published
- International enrolment
- Not published
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- Not published
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Truax campus1701 Wright Street, Madison, WI 53704
Teaching language
- Taught in
- Not stated on the pages we checked
- 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
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.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated Program CostOther compulsory charge | $12,088.06whole program, estimate shown on page (year not stated) | All students | 19 October 2026Source |
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, duration, full-time or part-time options, intakes, animal or veterinary experience requirement, whether a prior degree is required, 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)