CVM Hallmarks

• Our Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) was established in 1916 to serve the agriculture, livestock, and cattle industries.
• The only college of veterinary medicine in the State of Texas.
• Ranked among the Top 10 of all colleges of veterinary medicine nationally.
• One of the largest colleges of veterinary medicine nationally with student enrollment in the DVM program of greater than 500 students (entering freshmen classes of approximately 132 students).
• Graduated 7,197 DVMs comprising over 8% of veterinarians nationally.
• Student scholarship support in 2011 exceeded $1.14 million, which represented approximately 20% of the students' tuition. There were 696 scholarships from an endowment with a corpus of $19.3 million.
• Veterinary student graduation rate is greater than 95%.
• Veterinary student pass rate for the National Board of Veterinary Examiners is consistently greater than 95%.
• Veterinary student pass rate for State of Texas Boards is consistently greater than 95%.
• The pass rate of residents on their AVMA recognized Veterinary Specialty Organization certifying examination for specialty board certification is one of the highest in the nation.
• Six College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences graduates have become President of the American Veterinary Medical Association.
• The undergraduate Biomedical Sciences Program (BIMS) is the largest degree granting undergraduate program on campus at Texas A&M University.
• BIMS students make up a large portion of students admitted to Texas medical (9%), dental (17%), and veterinary schools (31%).
• The BIMS program has partnered with 13 junior colleges in the State of Texas to create 2+2 admissions agreements that facilitate the admission and academic transfer of qualified students from these junior colleges into the BIMS program.
• The CVM's Texas A&M Institute for Preclinical Studies (TIPS) is home to many collaborative research efforts which incorporate the use of spontaneous animal models into clinical trials of new drugs and devices. It is one of the few GLP large animal facilities in the nation. TIPS imaging capabilities are among the best in the world.
• CVM researchers have cloned more species than anywhere else in the world (cat, cow, deer, horse, goat, and pig).
• The first cloned horse in North America was born at Texas A&M University.

• In 2010, 23% of the papers at the International Symposium on Equine Reproduction came from Texas A&M University.
• Home to the Michael E. DeBakey Institute for Cardiovascular Sciences, the CVM is a national leader in cardiac device research.
• The Department of Veterinary Physiology & Pharmacology is ranked as one of the top 10 physiology departments in the nation.
• Researchers in the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology were the first in the nation to confirm the cause of proventricular dilatation disease (PDD), a fatal neurological disorder that affects mainly captive parrots.
• The Texas A&M CVM PEER Program (Partnership for Environmental Education and Rural Health), housed in the Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, provides state outreach to K-12 students to stimulate interest in science and technology. Through this program CVM scientists have visited greater than 35,000 Texas students, and 1,750 Texas teachers have incorporated PEER materials into their classrooms.
• The CVM is home to the first emergency response team in the state dedicated to responding to animal needs in a disaster.
• The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH) was the first teaching hospital to receive the prestigious American Animal Hospital Referral Practice Accreditation, placing it among a select group of veterinary practices committed to meeting the highest standards in veterinary medicine.
• In September 2011, the VMTH opened its $11 million Diagnostic Imaging and Cancer Treatment Center, providing Texas A&M with the most comprehensive imaging capabilities in the nation.
• Texas A&M's Diagnostic Imaging and Cancer Treatment Center is one of two veterinary facilities in the nation to offer tomotherapy for cancer treatment.
• The VMTH has served animals referred from approximately 2500 veterinarians in 164 Texas counties and from 36 states outside of Texas.
• In 2010, the VMTH received greater than 20,000 client visits and provided care for greater than 84,000 animals.
• Since 1999, the CVM Development Team has raised almost $138.5 million in planned gifts, which represents the most for an individual college at Texas A&M.
• The economic impact of veterinary medicine in the State of Texas was estimated to be $1.72 billion in 2003.