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CIP 01.8301 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinary Assistant.

A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of veterinarians, laboratory animal specialists, and zoological professionals, to provide patient management, care, and clinical procedures assistance as well as owner communication. Includes instruction in animal nursing care, animal health and nutrition, animal handling, clinical pathology, radiology, anesthesiology, dental prophylaxis, surgical assisting, clinical laboratory procedures, office administration skills, patient and owner management, and applicable standards and regulations.

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These institutions reported at least one first-major completion in this field in the connected reporting years ending 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This shows historical award activity, not a complete list of available programs or an assurance that a course is accepting applications.

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Sources: NCES CIP 2020 classification and C2023_A.zip, C2024_A.zip, C2025_A.zip, C2020_A.zip, C2021_A.zip, C2022_A.zip, C2024_A.zip.

Connected Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinary Assistant award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 01.8301. Institution counts overlap across levels and years. Award counts are historical first-major awards, not unique people, available places, programme quality or a graduation rate.

Year endingAward levelReporting institutionsPositive awards
2025Certificate 1–2 years481,525
2025Associate degree1794,093
2025Certificate 2–4 years111
2025Bachelor degree26506
2025Certificate under 12 weeks341
2025Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year742,698
2024Certificate 1–2 years451,590
2024Associate degree1884,317
2024Certificate 2–4 years110
2024Bachelor degree27512
2024Certificate under 12 weeks233
2024Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year742,563
2023Certificate 1–2 years481,254
2023Associate degree1854,122
2023Certificate 2–4 years111
2023Bachelor degree23442
2023Certificate under 12 weeks239
2023Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year702,380
2022Certificate 1–2 years682,739
2022Associate degree1894,284
2022Certificate 2–4 years228
2022Bachelor degree24580
2022Certificate under 12 weeks228
2022Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year481,269
2021Certificate 1–2 years682,656
2021Associate degree1774,418
2021Certificate 2–4 years226
2021Bachelor degree25589
2021Certificate under 12 weeks342
2021Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year43911
2020Certificate 1–2 years692,403
2020Associate degree1804,247
2020Certificate 2–4 years2208
2020Bachelor degree21536
2020Certificate under 12 weeks229
2020Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year39841

A year ending 2025 describes July 2024–June 2025. Do not add different years to estimate an entering class or current enrolment. Follow an institution's field link below to inspect the exact records.

These counts cover exact institution-ID matches to our connected directory, rather than a complete national total. Historical providers outside that population remain in the original source evidence and are not assigned invented matches. Read the population and archive rules →

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CIP 01.8301 is a reporting classification. The official definition above explains its scope, while a university may use a different programme title. Related fields in classification family 01 can involve different curricula and award levels.

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A positive award observation establishes historical activity in this classification. It does not confirm a current application opening, professional recognition, a specific delivery format or career outcome.

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Institutions with reported graduates

317 institutions

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