The Heritage Scholarship Fund
Supporting Tomorrow’s Veterinarians
Let's look at the facts:
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- Since 1975, tuition at Washington State
University’s College of Veterinary Medicine has
increased nearly 18-fold to $16,054 a year.
- In the last 30 years, starting salaries for
new veterinary graduates have increased 5-fold
to an average of $60,000.
- Over 90 percent of WSU veterinary students
graduating in 2007 left Pullman to begin their
careers owing an average of $101,000 each.
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It's a sobering reality that veterinarians entering the profession
today will have a difficult time positioning themselves to buy into an
existing practice in the next 10 years - a time when retiring
veterinarians will need them most.
The Heritage Scholarship Fund is a way for alumni to give back to their
school, making WSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine the foremost alumni-giving
institution in the state's higher education system. Giving to the Heritage
Scholarship Fund is also a way for friends of the college to make meaningful
contributions to excellence in veterinary education.
For questions about giving, contact Lynne Haley, Director of
Development, at (509) 335-5021 or
lhaley@vetmed.wsu.edu, or see our
Heritage Scholarship Brochure
