Vet Up!® The National HCOP Academy for Veterinary Medicine Program Eligibility Requirements
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Vet Up! is open to individuals who are:
- U.S. citizens
- Non-citizen nationals
- Foreign nationals who possess a visa permitting permanent residence in the United States
Participants must also establish an educationally or economically disadvantaged background by meeting two or more of the following criteria:
- The individual is an underrepresented minority with respect to race or ethnicity.
- The individual is from a rural background.
- The individual is the first-generation in their family to attend college (neither parent nor legal guardian completed a Bachelor’s degree or higher).
- The individual graduated from (or last attended) a high school that, based on the most recent annual data available, had:
- Less than 60% of seniors receiving a high school diploma; or
- Less than 60% of graduates going to college the first year after graduation; or
- Over half of the enrolled students eligible for free or reduced-price lunches.
- Low family annual income based the 2023 Poverty Guidelines and validated by federal income tax return. A family is a group of two or more individuals related by birth, marriage, or adoption who live together. A household may be only one person.
Low Income Levels** Based on the 2023 Poverty Guidelines
Size of Parents’ Family* |
48 Contiguous States and D.C. |
Alaska |
Hawaii |
1 |
$29,160 |
$36,420 |
$33,540 |
2 |
$39,440 |
$49,280 |
$45,360 |
3 |
$49,720 |
$62,140 |
$57,180 |
4 |
$60,000 |
$75,000 |
$69,000 |
5 |
$70,280 |
$87,860 |
$80,820 |
6 |
$80,560 |
$100,720 |
$92,640 |
7 |
$90,840 |
$113,580 |
$104,460 |
8 |
$101,120 |
$126,440 |
$116,280 |
For each additional person, add |
$10,280 |
$12,860 |
$11,820 |
* Includes only dependents listed on federal income tax forms. Some programs will use the student’s family rather than his or her parents’ family.