Texas A&M System To Expand Vet School

Culminating a seven-year plan, The Texas A&M University System announced partnerships to expand veterinary education, research and undergraduate outreach into several regions of the state through four A&M System universities.

The partnerships are between the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) and West Texas A&M University, Prairie View A&M University, Texas A&M University-Kingsville and Tarleton State University.
In 2009, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board reported there was no need for a second veterinary school but that CVM could increase enrollment to meet future state needs. The study focused on the need to increase the number of underrepresented minorities entering the profession as well as enlarging the pipeline of rural-based veterinarians to better serve the livestock industry as well as deer and wildlife interests.

Read more at today.tamu.edu.