2025 Best Veterinary Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

If you pursue a doctor's degree in veterinary medicine, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #9 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Veterinary Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 278 doctor's degrees in veterinary medicine during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on veterinary medicine students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other veterinary medicine students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt veterinary medicine students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized veterinary medicine related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for veterinary medicine students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Veterinary Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Veterinary Medicine in the Middle Atlantic Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for veterinary medicine students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine

1

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

120 Annual Graduates

$100,161 Median Starting Salary

Cornell University is a good option for students interested in a doctor's degree in veterinary medicine. Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

After graduating, veterinary medicine doctorate recipients usually make about $100,161 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a doctorate in veterinary medicine from Cornell University

2

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD

29 Annual Graduates

University of Maryland - College Park is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in veterinary medicine. Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in veterinary medicine from University of Maryland - College Park

Best Veterinary Medicine Colleges by State

Explore the best veterinary medicine schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	176	123
New York	174	107
Maryland	119	33

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Veterinary Medicine Related Rankings by Major

One of 18 majors within the Agriculture & Agriculture Operations area of study, Veterinary Medicine has other similar majors worth exploring.

Veterinary Medicine Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Veterinary Medicine	278

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Food Science Technology	46
Plant Sciences	33
Animal Science	15
Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences	5
Agricultural Public Services	4
Soil Sciences	3

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.