Career
Placement Information, Graduate Demand, and Entry Salaries
Placement Information
(updated
8/07)
- Associate degree graduates averaged $13.75/hour or $28,600; BS degree graduates averaged $15.47/hour or $31,721 (2006 graduates).
- 98% job placement.
- Employment opportunities for Purdue graduates in Indiana and nationally
exceeded
number of program graduates almost sixfold in 2005. - Many positions available nationwide.
- Placement service - job listing and referrals - available to graduating
students
and alums through the Purdue Veterinary Technology Program Office.
Entry Salaries for Veterinary Technician Graduates
|
Year |
AS Graduates |
BS
Graduates |
2004 |
$24,873 |
$30,426 |
| 2005 |
$26,780 |
$30,621 |
| 2006 |
$28,600 |
$31,720 |
Technician
Career Placement for
2005 AS and BS degree graduates
| AS
Degree |
BS
Degree |
|
| Small Animal Practice % | 75% |
35% |
| Specialty/Emergency Practice % | 25% |
20% |
| Mixed Practice % | 13% |
|
| Food Animal Practice % | 3% |
|
| Equine Practice % | 3% |
|
| Exclusive Feline Practice % | 3% |
|
| College/Institution-Clinical % | 17% |
|
| Biomedical Research % | 3% |
|
| Zoo % | 3% |
Annual Requests for Purdue Veterinary Technology Graduates
January 1, 2006- December 31, 2006
| In-State |
Out-of-State |
TOTAL |
Percent |
|
Small
Animal Practice |
43 |
45 |
88 |
45% |
Small
Animal + Exotics Practice |
1 |
0 |
1 |
<1% |
Specialty
Practice |
5 |
8 |
13 |
7% |
Mixed
Animal Practice |
11 |
2 |
13 |
7% |
Equine
Practice |
0 |
3 |
3 |
<1% |
College/Institution-Teaching |
1 |
8 |
9 |
5% |
College/Institution-Research |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1% |
College/Institution-Clinical |
1 |
22 |
23 |
12% |
Industry-Research |
1 |
17 |
18 |
9% |
Zoo |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0% |
Emergency |
5 |
9 |
14 |
7% |
Pharmaceutical
Sales |
0 |
2 |
2 |
<1% |
Human
societies |
3 |
4 |
7 |
4% |
Total |
72 |
122 |
194 |
100% |
#
Positions Per AS & BS Graduate |
1.5 |
2.5 |
4.2 |
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