Employment and Student Debt Statistics

Employment and student debt statistics
DVM Class Class Size % of students employed within 1 month after graduation* % of students not seeking employment* Purdue Mean Starting Salary for Private Practice** National Mean Starting Salary for Private Practice** Purdue Mean Total Educational Debt**† National Mean Total Educational Debt**†
2021 83 87% 13% $100,608 $97,879 $175,866 $186,430
2020 81 95% 5% $94,053 $92,796 $145,336 $204,675
2019 84 93% 7% $88,909 $86,245 $163,897 $199,148
2018 80 93% 7% $87,567 $83,098 $168,898 $199,643
2017 82 93% 7% $82,723 $77,546 $158,860 $181,096

*Data from Purdue Veterinary Medicine internal graduate survey.

**Data from the AVMA Senior Survey.

† The mean debt is calculated only from students with educational debt.