Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences

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Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences graduates with a master's typically earned about $80,661, measured a few years after finishing (median across US programs, College Scorecard).
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Median earnings by degree level

Earnings range across schools, by degree levelEach row is a degree level: the bar is the middle half of schools' program medians (25th to 75th percentile) and the dot is the overall median. Master's median $80,661, $77,959 to $110,015.$78k$94k$110kMaster's$80,661
Earnings range across schools, by degree levelEach row is a degree level: the bar is the middle half of schools' program medians (25th to 75th percentile) and the dot is the overall median. Master's median $80,661, $77,959 to $110,015.$78k$94k$110kMaster's$80,661
DegreeMedian earningsTypical rangeSchoolsClear the bar
Master's Degree$80,661$77,959 to $110,0155100%

"Clear the bar" is the share of programs whose graduates out-earn a typical high-school graduate (the federal earnings-premium test). Typical range is the 25th to 75th percentile of program medians.

Job outlook

Projected employment growth +9% (2025 to 2035), about 28,200 openings a year across the occupations this field commonly leads to.

OccupationMedian payGrowthOpenings/yr
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$107,310+17.9%24,900
Veterinarians$130,100+9.4%3,100
Animal Scientists$68,940+5.8%200

Occupation pay and outlook: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS wages, Employment Projections). A field maps to several occupations, and the same occupations serve many majors, so these are the jobs this major commonly leads to, not positions reserved for its graduates; the openings should not be added up across majors.

Where this is studied

The 8 colleges where the most students complete a veterinary biomedical and clinical sciences program, of 39 that report one. Ordered by number of completions only: this is where people study it, not a judgement about where to.

Earnings source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (release 2026-06-10), median earnings of graduates measured up to four years after completing. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise. Method: methodology. Report an error.