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Best Value Colleges for Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians

Schools ranked by payback period — how quickly you recoup your investment through higher earnings.

10

Schools Ranked

$31,586

Avg. Earnings

11.8 yrs

Best Payback

0

Graduates

How we calculate value: Payback = (4 years of net price) / (major earnings - $35k baseline). A 2-year payback means you recoup your investment in 2 years through higher earnings vs. not attending college.

#	School	Net Price/yr	Major Earnings	Payback
1	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN · Public	$8,450	$37,856	11.8 yrs
2	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI · Public	$20,557	$33,993	N/A
3	North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND · Public	$16,071	$32,213	N/A
4	Wilson College Chambersburg, PA · Private	$19,531	$32,391	N/A
5	SUNY College of Technology at Canton Canton, NY · Public	$16,849	$28,598	N/A
6	Murray State University Murray, KY · Public	$11,244	$26,048	N/A
7	Morehead State University Morehead, KY · Public	$13,087	$28,753	N/A
8	Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS · Public	$18,449	$30,771	N/A
9	Fort Valley State University Fort Valley, GA · Public	$16,805	$30,771	N/A
10	Lincoln Memorial University Harrogate, TN · Private	$14,856	$27,048	N/A

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Payback uses earnings by major from the College Scorecard's field-of-study file, last updated June 2026, against net price from the June 2026 release. Scorecard publishes the two separately, so they are different vintages.