Fast Facts

Founded in 1885, one of the oldest and largest veterinary colleges in the United States, with more than 35,000 companion animal, farm animal and equine patients each year
Ranked fifth among all North American veterinary schools, US News & World Report Best Graduate Schools
Number of faculty: 130
College departments include Veterinary Biosciences, Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Veterinary Preventive Medicine
Degrees offered: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine; MS and PhD in Comparative and Veterinary Medicine; Master's Degree in Veterinary Public Health in collaboration with The Ohio State University College of Public Health

More than 7,200 veterinarians have graduated from the college, plus more than 1300 advanced degree holders, with nearly 8,500 total graduates
Ohio State graduates make up 85 percent of the veterinarians practicing in Ohio
Alumni practice in all 50 states and 29 countries
Veterinary Medicine Alumni Society is one of the largest alumni groups at Ohio State

Number of professional students: 560
Marysville Large Animal Services facility serves 15 counties in central-western Ohio. Veterinary students consistently rate it as one of the top rotations in the College of Veterinary Medicine curriculum.

Veterinary college researchers developed the first feline leukemia vaccine, patented by Ohio State and licensed to Zoetis (formally Pfizer), Inc., and now routinely used worldwide
The college is the lead institution in the Center for Retrovirus Research
Faculty on the leading edge in the development of advanced orthopedic procedures, including fracture repair and arthroscopy in horses; total hip replacement and now knee replacement in dogs
Faculty in the Food Animal Health Research Program at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC), in Wooster, OH, are recognized internationally for their work in infectious diseases
Faculty in the Department of Preventive Medicine are currently involved in several USDA-funded research projects, on food safety and avian influenza
Five faculty from the Department of Veterinary Biosciences received a $9.8 million Program Project Grant from the National Cancer Institute to study the role of viruses in cancer – one of the largest research grants at The Ohio State University
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences was the recipient of the first University Departmental Teaching Award
The college has two members of the National Academy of Sciences and five Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

The Veterinary Medical Center is one of the largest veterinary hospitals in the country and is the only comprehensive referral veterinary hospital in Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia
Our Galbreath Equine Trauma, Intensive Care and Research Center is one of the premier centers for equine treatment in the nation
The Alice Lloyd Finley Memorial Veterinary Research Farm (Finley Farm), a 133-acre farm in Madison County, serves as a teaching and research farm.
The 10,000-square foot Marysville Large Animal Services to supports faculty and clinic services, as well as large animal outpatient facilities and student living quarters
The technologically-advanced Veterinary Medicine Academic Building, built in 2003, has more than 97,000 square feet of space, including classrooms, auditoriums, a computer laboratory, research laboratories, administrative space and a library
College service outreach and engagement includes arrangements with Ohio’s Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, the Wilds, Cleveland Metroparks, the Cleveland Animal Protective League, the Capital Area Humane Society,the Racing Commission, the American Kennel Club, Standardbred Association, and Ohio Cattlemen

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