Texas A&M University-Kingsville Vet Tech Program: Pass Rate, Jobs and Local Pay
A BS program in Kingsville, 4-year BS. 67.9% of its graduates passed the VTNE on the first try over Jan. 1, 2023 to Dec. 31, 2025.
The Short Version
- Its VTNE rate (67.9%) is below the Texas program median of 70.4%.
- 90.0% of graduates looking for work in the field found a job, by AVMA CVTEA's measure.
- 100% of students who started finished the program.
- AVMA CVTEA lists this program on probation (Accredited by AVMA CVTEA; page shows a 2025 CVTEA seal (program page). Level (full, initial or probationary) not confirmed: the AVMA CVTEA list could not be read.).
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How Graduates Do
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First-time candidates who passed the Veterinary Technician National Exam over the program's most recent three-year period. The AVMA requires every accredited program to publish this rate and the number of candidates. Job placement: graduates employed as veterinary technicians, as the program reports it.
What It Costs
Texas A&M University-Kingsville does not publish a total cost for this program. Program pages list fee categories but no amounts. Ask the program for its cost sheet; contact details are on its page.
For comparison only, not this program's price: the 7 Texas vet tech programs that publish a cost range from $5,940 to $40,012, with a median of $15,000.
Jobs and Pay in the Corpus Christi Area
About 200 veterinary technicians work in the Corpus Christi area. The middle half earn between $29,780 and $44,630 a year; new graduates usually start toward the lower end. Texas expects about 2,060 openings a year statewide through 2034, from new positions, retirements and people changing jobs, with the number of jobs growing 27.9% (from 15,330 to 19,600).
Program Facts
- Credential
- BS
- Length
- 4-year BS
- Schedule
- In person
- Starts
- Program cohorts start in the spring after admission (program page also says students are admitted in the fall)
- Before you apply
- 45 hours of general core and VETT courses with a C or better and a 2.85 GPA, 40 observation hours and three recommendations.
- Entrance exam
- None listed
- Accreditation
- AVMA CVTEA, Accredited by AVMA CVTEA; page shows a 2025 CVTEA seal (program page). Level (full, initial or probationary) not confirmed: the AVMA CVTEA list could not be read.
- Leads to
- Veterinary Technician National Exam (VTNE) and Texas licensure as an LVT
Sources and Dates
- Texas A&M University-Kingsville program outcomes page, 28 first-time candidates, 67.86%. Graduation and placement are annual rates for academic year 2024-2025..
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, Veterinary Technologists and Technicians (29-2056), May 2025 estimates.
- American Veterinary Medical Association Committee on Veterinary Technician Education and Activities (AVMA CVTEA), checked Nov. 2026.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, Texas and metro areas (employment and wage percentiles), May 2025 estimates.
- Texas Workforce Commission, long-term occupational projections, 2024 to 2034.
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