Veterinary Technician
Central Oregon Community College
Public · Community college
A selective-entry degree preparing veterinary technicians for the national examination. Required preparation includes biology, chemistry, communication and appropriate mathematics placement; program courses follow a sequence.
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Preparation, time and schedule
Before you apply
Review biology, chemistry and mathematics prerequisites and the selective-entry application.
Your complete timeline
105–106 credits including listed prerequisites. Allow separately for prerequisite preparation, selection and the clinical start date.
Plan around the schedule
Campus-based; confirm the current timetable. Ask for the actual days, start times and required travel from Bend. Online coursework does not necessarily make laboratories or placements remote.
Application and selection
Use the official Veterinary Technician page to review the current entry checklist. Ask whether a separate department application, selection process or cohort start applies before committing to enrollment.
Details checked September 15, 2026. Confirm current requirements with the provider.
Questions to take to an advisor
Which preparation, timetable and complete budget apply to my Veterinary Technician plan?
- Which required courses or placements are offered only once per year?
- Can you give me a written estimate covering every required term and practical expense?
- Which employment, transfer or licensing requirements remain after this award?
Published program length is not a personal completion estimate. Transfer credits, prerequisites, selection and course availability can change the timeline.
After the program
Veterinary technician examination and certification requirements are separate from the degree. A technician is not a veterinarian.
Cost and outcomes
Published components; build your full budget
The catalog lists a $300 laboratory fee per term and approximately $500–$1,200 for supplies, plus health-clearance and transport costs. Tuition and other fees are additional. Request an updated itemized estimate for your cohort.
Published tuition or budget base
2026-27 tuition is $130 per credit for in-district residents and $185 for out-of-district Oregon residents and qualifying border-state residents. Course, lab and other fees are additional; Oregon residency alone does not establish the in-district rate.
Official tuition and cost information ↗ · Checked September 16, 2026
A tuition rate or annual allowance is not a complete program price. Confirm your residency, course load, program fees and financial aid before comparing costs.
Open the cost planner →Exact-program earnings are not separately identified.
Published related-field data; not an exact-program or campus-specific outcome.
Related-field graduate earnings
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians · Associate degree
Central Oregon Community College. Graduating cohorts: 2016-2020. This published field group (CIP 01.83) can combine several programs and campuses. We selected it as related context; it is not a verified result for this exact program.
- $38,592 median annual earnings 1 year after graduation
Amounts are in 2023 dollars. Census PSEO covers graduates meeting its earnings and employment-attachment rules; it excludes noncompleters and many self-employed or low-attachment workers. These are historical outcomes, not starting-pay estimates or a forecast.
Census PSEO Oregon data, 2026 Q2 (CSV download) ↗
Population, methods and limitations ↗ · Checked September 16, 2026