Professional doctorate

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (three-year program)

University of Arizona · University of Arizona College of Veterinary Medicine · Oro Valley, Arizona, United States

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Official award: Doctor of Veterinary MedicineDVM
Pathway: Veterinary medicineStated for United States
Format: On campusThree years (nine semesters)
Tuition: $50,643per year, annual total in the cost-of-attendance table (academic year not printed)

About this program

Three-year, nine-semester continuous program with preclinical years at the Oro Valley campus and a 12-month clinical year of rotations across Arizona practices.

Subject: Veterinary medicine
Department: University of Arizona 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: Professional doctorateA professional doctorate that is itself the entry qualification (for example the DVM or VMD). It is listed separately from research PhDs and is not equivalent to them.
Pathway: Veterinary medicinePrograms the source describes as the academic and clinical qualification toward becoming a veterinarian in the stated jurisdiction. Registration or licensing normally requires further steps, and a qualification from one country does not guarantee registration in another.
Why we classify it this way: The college's essential-qualifications policy states that the DVM degree signifies readiness to enter the veterinary profession.“The DVM degree signifies readiness to enter the veterinary profession.”Source
Prior degree required: No

Entry routes and duration
Route	Duration	Credits	Requirement
After pre-veterinary coursework	three-year, nine-semester curriculum	–	90 college units completed by enrollment; a bachelor's degree is strongly preferred but not required; 3.0 minimum GPA for cumulative, prerequisite and science coursesSource

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 Council on Education (COE)Program accreditationFull statusUS
Scope: University of Arizona College of Veterinary Medicine DVM program (Tucson area) as listed by the AVMA COE; last evaluation 2024, next evaluation 2030 (as printed)

Study structure

Delivery: On campusTaught at the listed campus.
Study mode: Full-time
Duration: Three years (nine semesters)
Clinical components: Clinical year of eleven four-week rotations (general practice, specialty/referral practice, necropsy, large animal practice, shelter medicine and six electives)
Campus attendance: Preclinical years at the Oro Valley campus; clinical year in practices across Arizona
Clinical placement: Rotations across Arizona with mentorship from practicing veterinarians
Intakes: Not published
Campus: Oro Valley Campus (Hanley Building)1580 E Hanley Blvd, Oro Valley, AZ 85737

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 publishedVMCAS deadline is September 15 (11:59 p.m. Eastern); the page does not print the application year.
Interview: Interview possible
Previous qualification: 90 college units completed by matriculation; offer rescinded if proof is not provided
Science prerequisites: Biological and physical sciences, math, humanities and social sciences; no more than two prerequisites in progress at application; online and community college courses acceptable
Prior degree: Bachelor's degree not required but strongly preferred
Tests explicitly required: The GRE is not required and scores are not considered.
Documents: VMCAS application with letters of recommendation; supplemental assessment (virtual recorded interviews) for candidates meeting GPA and prerequisite minimums; essential qualifications acknowledgement
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.

Item	Amount	Applies to	Dated
Resident tuition, annual total (three equal semesters: fall, spring, summer)Tuition · mandatory	$50,643per year, annual total in the cost-of-attendance table (academic year not printed)	Resident	19 October 2026Source
Non-resident tuition, annual total (three equal semesters: fall, spring, summer)Tuition · mandatory	$78,780per year, annual total in the cost-of-attendance table (academic year not printed)	Non-Resident	19 October 2026Source
Mandatory fees, annual totalOther compulsory charge · mandatory	$183per year, annual total in the cost-of-attendance table (academic year not printed)	Resident and non-resident	19 October 2026Source

No total is shown: the sources do not state a whole-program figure and the published duration and fee basis do not support a calculation.

Scholarships and funding

Funding is shown with its basis and who it is for. Competitive funding is not a guarantee.

College of Veterinary Medicine merit and need-based scholarships; federal loans Scholarship
Competitive
Source

Sources and verification

Not published on the program’s source pages: intakes, animal or veterinary experience requirement.

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)

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