MS Veterinary Preventive Medicine at Iowa State University

Programme overview

Our graduate programs span the full range of population sciences in animal health including animal welfare, diagnostic medicine, disease epidemiology, knowledge transfer methods, organism ecology, production medicine, and risk assessment. Currently, we have programs that will meet a variety of needs including distance course options for practitioners or concurrent DVM students.

Faculty: Graduate College | Study mode: full-time | Intake: Applications considered throughout the year. | Location: Ames, IA, United States

What you will study

Areas of specialization/research: (may appear on ISU transcripts after graduation); Diagnostic Pathology (M.S); Food Animal Toxicology (M.S); Veterinary Epidemiology (M.S); Swine Population Medicine (M.S); Animal Welfare (M.S).

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Application information

Entry requirements

Graduate College requirements: 4 year Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) Academic Records/Transcripts Minimum 3.0 GPA (Program may alter requirement.) Proof of English Proficiency. Programme-specific requirements: Three essays (may be uploaded with online application) Concurrent applicants follow directions on web page Resume Duolingo is temporally being accepted instead of TOEFL/IELTS Program Requires GRE: No Program Requires GMAT: No

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Entry terms for first-year applicants include Fall 2026, Spring 2027 and Summer 2027. International undergraduate applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and may be submitted up to one year before the intended start date; applying at least six to eight weeks in advance is strongly recommended.

Graduate application fee: $60 for domestic applicants and $100 for international applicants (nonrefundable), a separate fee for each program applied to; some programs postpone fee collection until after review. Deadlines are set by each graduate program.

Apply through the official page: https://apps.admissions.iastate.edu/apply/online/

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