Veterinary Medicine is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #153 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
There was only one school in Iowa to review for the 2025 Best Veterinary Medicine Schools in Iowa ranking.
The veterinary medicine school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Veterinary Medicine Schools in Iowa.
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The schools below may not offer all types of veterinary medicine degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Every student pursuing a degree in veterinary medicine has to check out Iowa State University. Iowa State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Ames.
Students who graduate with their degree from the veterinary medicine program report average early career wages of $96,477.
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).
