The Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges released their annual report of data related to member veterinary colleges. The report includes details from the 30 accredited US schools and colleges of veterinary medicine and information from 14 international members, including Canada.

Highlights are below:

• There are 13,323 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) students studying at 49 member institutions of the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) this year, up by 2.3 percent over last year.

• Of those current students, 2,614 are historically underrepresented populations in veterinary medicine (URVM) (up 1.1 percent over last year), and more than 81 percent are female.

• Students are paying an average of $31,979 for in-state and $52,613 for out-of-state tuition, and 47.7 percent of them are sharing $35,269,054 in scholarship support.

• About 80 percent will graduate with debt that averages $169,046.