Pre-Veterinary
Prepare to apply for veterinary school while also exploring and learning widely.
Your Alma education will prepare you to continue your path towards a career that focuses on your particular academic interest or specialty. As a pre-veterinary student at Alma, you will:
- Develop strengths across different areas during your liberal arts education.
- Have access to hands-on experience with animals within courses and research.
- Take courses relevant to the field, such as Comparative and Environmental Physiology, Animal Behavior, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, and Animal Biology.
- Explore courses outside of the sciences, such as Health Communication, Ethics and Medicine and Health Care Administration that build knowledge/skills applicable to the profession.
- Participate in field work at the Alma College Ecological Station (aka “the bog”).
At A Glance
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12:1Student-to-faculty ratio
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18Average class size
Possible Careers
Prepare to apply for veterinary school while also exploring and learning widely.
Your Alma education will prepare you to continue your path towards a career that focuses on your particular academic interest or specialty. As a pre-veterinary student at Alma, you will:
- Develop strengths across different areas during your liberal arts education.
- Have access to hands-on experience with animals within courses and research.
- Take courses relevant to the field, such as Comparative and Environmental Physiology, Animal Behavior, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, and Animal Biology.
- Explore courses outside of the sciences, such as Health Communication, Ethics and Medicine and Health Care Administration that build knowledge/skills applicable to the profession.
- Participate in field work at the Alma College Ecological Station (aka “the bog”).
Get to Know Pre-Veterinary
Meet the Pre-Health Professions Committee (PHPC)
The Alma Venture
Dream it, learn it, do it. The Alma Venture program means that you — and every single one of your peers — will have the opportunity to design a unique, hands-on learning experience at home or abroad.
How do I become a veterinarian?
Practicing as a veterinarian requires a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree, which is a four-year post-baccalaureate program. Students pursuing this career can complete the pre-vet curriculum at Alma College and then matriculate to a DVM program.
There are 30 DVM programs in the United States, one of which is in Michigan. Many of our pre-veterinary students have matriculated to Michigan State University.
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Alumni Spotlight
No one describes the Alma experience better than those living it. Explore their stories, in their own words, below.
The work that I put into getting my degrees at Alma prepared me for the rigors of going into a graduate level program — I was ready to put in the work, and that is half of the challenge.
The work that I put into getting my degrees at Alma prepared me for the rigors of going into a graduate level program — I was ready to put in the work, and that is half of the challenge.
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