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Colorado program helping vets deal with school debt

By Wesley Coburn

YORK, ENGLAND - AUGUST 06: A sheepdog, wet from a morning walk, sits in a field at the British National Sheep Dog Trials on August 6, 2016 in York, England. Some 150 of the best sheepdogs and handlers in the country competed in the event on the Castle Howard estate near York to win one of 15 places in the national team and to go on to represent England at the International trials. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)
YORK, ENGLAND - AUGUST 06: A sheepdog, wet from a morning walk, sits in a field at the British National Sheep Dog Trials on August 6, 2016 in York, England. Some 150 of the best sheepdogs and handlers in the country competed in the event on the Castle Howard estate near York to win one of 15 places in the national team and to go on to represent England at the International trials. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images) /
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Vet school is astonishingly expensive. But Colorado is doing something to change that.

Colorado State University hosts one of about thirty colleges of veterinary medicine in the United States, and the State of Colorado is helping ease the debt of veterinarians practicing in rural areas.

The program is called the Colorado Veterinary Education Loan Repayment Program, and each year will select up to four applicants to be awarded the grant.

Those selelcted would qualify for up to $70,000 of loan repayment over a four-year period.

Applicants must have graduated from a College of Veterinary Medicine program in 2017 or later, and either be currently living in Colorado or must have lived in the state for at least three years at some point in the past.

This came to the attention of Dog O’Day through the Colorado State CVM Twitter page.

Officially approved by Governor John Hickenlooper in June 2017, the Veterinary Education Loan Repayment Program “paves the way for veterinarians to work in rural communities where large and small animals – and their owners – need professional services,” according to the CSU CVM website.

According to the American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC), a four-year degree costs anywhere from about $167,000 on the low end at Purdue, all the way up to $304,000 on the high end at Tufts. Colorado State’s average price for a four-year degree is slightly more than $225,000, making this program very useful.

For more information about the program, see the website or contact Chris Haase, assistant to the Dean in Colorado State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, by email at Christine.Haase@colostate.edu or by phone at 970-491-3644.

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