Tuition Classification/Residency - Professional Veterinary Medicine

If you are within one year of application to the veterinary program or have specific admissions questions not answered on the web site, email: DVMAdmissions@colostate.edu If you are more than one year from filing the veternary application and if you have general or preveterinary questions not answered on the web site, email: Preveterinary Adviser, Ann Bowen

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Tuition and Fees:

Admission to the Professional Veterinary Medical program at Colorado State is open to all students.  Applicants may be categorized as sponsored or non-sponsored. Click here for currently available details of CSU's tuition and fee schedule.

Sponsored Students:

Students who are supported by the state of Colorado or one of the WICHE states. These students pay only tuition and student fees.  

• WICHE: Certified residents of the following cooperating Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education states: Alaska^*, Arizona, Hawaii, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. In order to be eligible for financial support, contact must be made with the state certifying officer each year for residency certification. In most states, the deadline for receiving completed applications for residency certification is October 15 of the year preceding admission. The number of positions supported by each WICHE state is limited. Residency certification by a WICHE state is not a guarantee of admission to the professional veterinary medicine program.
  
  *Note: No funding has been appropriated for Alaska since 1994. Please contact certifying office if you have questions.  Alaskan applicants will be placed in non-sponsored category.)
  
  Contact information for the WICHE certifying officers can be found at http://www.wiche.edu/SEP/PSEP/cert-off.htm

• ELIGIBLE COLORADO: Applicants who are domiciled (not the same as "residency") in Colorado for one year or more prior to the date of matriculation in the veterinary program are eligible to be included in the Colorado pool, and if qualified, will have their obligation to pay a support fee funded by the State of Colorado. For information about establishing domicile, go to the tuition classification website. Questions concerning eligibility for Colorado support should be directed to the Colorado State University Office of Student Financial Services, 103 Administration Annex (970)491-6321, X2.  Please specify that you are applying to the PVM program.
  
  Note: Applicants who are not Colorado or WICHE eligible, will automatically be considered in the non-sponsored category.

Non-Sponsored Students:

Non-sponsored students are those students not supported by the State of Colorado or one of the WICHE states and those students who are residents of other states or countries.  Pursuant to State Statute C.R.S. 23-31-118, these students pay tuition, student fees, and the support fee for every year in which they are enrolled.  Non-sponsored students will remain non-sponsored for the four years of the program. 

Tuition and student fees for the 2009-10 academic year for first, second and third year veterinary students are approximately $18,858.  The tuition and student fees for fourth year veterinary students are pro-rated on a per-credit basis determined by their selection of specific courses.

The support fee for all non-sponsored students for 2009-10 is estimated to be $28,100 and is subject to annual increases each year the student is enrolled in the program.  

The Board of Governors - Colorado State University System reserves the right to change the tuition and fee schedule at any time.