Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology
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Overview
Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology is located in a large city with a population of more than 250,000. It is in the Colorado Springs CO area.
Highlights
Undergraduate program with the highest reported starting salary ($25K): cip4_0183
Address
2766 Janitell Road
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
www.cavt.edu
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Institutional Control
Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology is a private for-profit organization.
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Accreditation
Accreditation provides important oversight over a school's instructional practices and institutional stability.
We cannot identify an accreditation record for Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology. It is important for you to verify that this school is accredited before you attend.
Accreditation History
Council on Occupational Education (Accredited September 14, 2009 - March 4, 2021)
  • A probation was placed on the accreditation on November 12, 2019 for Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Probation--Official action taken by the Commission was to RECONSIDER its decision to drop Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology and to grant the institution a good cause extension and CONTINUE the Probation Status until August 31, 2020.
  • The acccreditation was ceased for the following reason: DROPPED from Accredited Status while on Probation Status Financial Stability Requirements
Undergraduate Students
Not all students attend their first college full time to completion. While some schools are focused on those that population, many schools focus on transfer and or part time students. What types of of student does this school support.
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Context: Average High School GPA
Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology did not report the average high school GPA of it's students.
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Admissions Details
Here are some important dates and little tidbits. Please double-check this information on the Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology's webpage for the most up-to-date and accurate answers! We update this information with each school's annual reporting, but information can change unexpectedly. Select any item to view the details.
Admissions Criteria & Qualifications
Admissions Criteria & Qualifications
Application Fee & Common App
Application Fee & Common App
Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology has an undergraduate application fee of $0. We did not find Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology on the Common Application site. Keep in mind that it never hurts to inquire with an Admissions office to see whether they might be willing to waive your application fee.
Credits accepted from new students
Credits accepted from new students
Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology accepts the following credits:
  • Dual credit (college credit earned while in high school)
  • Advanced placement (AP) credits
Percentage of applicants who are accepted
A low percentage here can indicate that a school is highly selective. We think this is one of the least important numbers for you to consider.
Selectivity can be misleading
You may have heard that a high rejection rate is an indicator of a good school. However, this number can be gamed, and some schools started gaming the system to perform better in college ratings books and sites. Ididio believes a combination of good outcomes (e.g. successful graduation rates and loan repayments) along with indicators of a well-prepared student body (e.g. test scores and high school records) are the best indicators of a good academic experience for those who attend. Our advice is that you don't pay too much attention to this number as you decide whether you might be admitted.
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Percentage of accepted students who choose to attend
This is called the yield, and it suggests whether this was a first-choice school or a back-up school for most applicants. Even the most prestigious Ivy League schools lose about a third of their accepted students come enrollment time.
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Programs
Associate's Degree offerings at Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology
Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinary Assistant
A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of veterinarians, laboratory animal specialists, and zoological professionals, to provide patient management, care, and clinical procedures assistance as well as owner communication. Includes instruction in animal nursing care, animal health and nutrition, animal handling, clinical pathology, radiology, anesthesiology, dental prophylaxis, surgical assisting, clinical laboratory procedures, office administration skills, patient and owner management, and applicable standards and regulations
Note: The name and definition of this program are based on Department of Education CIP code descriptions, which ensures uniform reporting across schools in the US. Please check this school's website for detailed program information and their specific course descriptions._
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Completions in Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinary Assistant by award level
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Recently College Scorecard released data on starting salaries and cumulative federal student debt for each school/program combination with sufficient graduates to allow for privacy concerns with data releases. Shown in the box plots below are data for all schools offering allied health and medical assisting services (which may contain several related fields) by award level. If a value is reported for Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology, then that is shown in blue.
Starting Salaries
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What can I do if I study Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinary Assistant?
Below we list the careers that the US Department of Education suggests are best fits for people who studied veterinary/animal health technology/technician and veterinary assistant. You can get an idea of salary and the level of education you'll need, as well as whether this is a growing or shrinking career field. Sometimes this list of recommended careers doesn't match what people who earned this degree are really doing. Our veterinary/animal health technology/technician and veterinary assistant program page has much more information about the interplay between study in this field and possible careers. Select any table row to learn more about listed career.
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Costs
Undergraduate costs
Here's a quick summary of costs to attend Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology. You will find the most up-to-date information at their website for admissions.
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Historic Annual Costs
See how this school's published costs have changed over the years, and how their cost trends compare with other private schools.
Published costs may have little to do with what you actually pay

It's important to remember that a school's published costs may not be indicative of what it will actually cost to attend. Time magazine wrote about this in their article Yes, you can get a college to cut its tuition price. Nonetheless, this inflation-adjusted look at the historic annual costs for tuition, fees, books, and supplies can give you an idea of the costs you might expect in the coming years. Comparing the total costs inclusive of room and board (if applicable) with the annual net price estimates in the previous tab will help you determine the financial aid package to expect.

Private and public universities' charges are difficult to compare due to the in-state and out-of-state price differences of public universities, and therefore we only compare Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology to other private schools within your chosen context group.

Undergraduate tuition, fees, books, and supplies over time
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Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology
On the blue curve, we see how the published annual cost to attend Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology has changed over the years.
Context Schools
The shading shows the spread of the annual cost for the context schools. The dark shading shows the middle 50% of context schools, and the light shading shows all but the smallest and largest 10%.
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Financial Aid
Financial aid overview

Understanding the rules and process that determine who gets financial aid can be intimidating. Here are some quick links to help:

  • Visit Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology's Net Price Calculator for the most accurate estimate of your anticipated costs. Every school publishes a Net Price Calculator that does its best to give you a fair estimate of what you might expect to pay. Many calculators consider your high school record as part of the calculation. This will be far more accurate than any of the averages or published tuition values that you see here.
  • FederalStudentAid, a government site that will walk you through the federal financial aid process. There are a number of kinds of student loans and other aid, and this site can walk you through all of the choices you will need to make.

Undergraduate Outcomes
Graduation Rate
All undergraduate students were full-time with about 45% of them attending college for the first time. In the last reporting year, 55% of students, including those who were part-time or transfer students, received a degree within 8 years.
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Context: Graduation rate
These numbers reflect eight-year graduation rates for all degrees at the colleges and universities in your chosen context group. This reporting is for undergraduate students inclusive of transfer students and full/part-time students.
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Are students graduating on time?
Let us tell you all about low graduation rates!

Across the country, graduation rates are surprisingly low. In fact, Forbes Magazine suggests that they are unacceptably low. However, from another point of view, sometimes graduation rates simply reflect the relative preparation of the students who enter. Colleges with a mission to help people coming from less advantaged backgrounds, such as first-generation and low-income students, may have low graduation rates despite relatively strong outcomes for students who face many obstacles to success. Without the context provided in these views of completion rates, it can be tricky to separate predatory schools that take financial advantage of under-prepared students from those that are actively seeking to encourage and help those students.

For the consumer choosing a school, once you have narrowed your list to those schools that you can afford and that seem likely to admit you, consider the outcome measures in this section and choose the specific measures that best describe your plans. Very simply, schools with high graduation rates and high loan repayment rates will likely give you the best opportunity to succeed.

Context: the impact of wealth and transfer status on degree completion
We took a close look lagging success for students with financial need in a case study. Here's a chance to compare schools based on student successes with a better appreciation of how circumstances may impact success. One word of caution: the statistics for some categories may consist of only a handful of students -- see the details by hovering or long-pressing on the bars.
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Context and trends: Repayment Rate
How much progress do you think you'll be able to make towards paying down your college loans seven years after leaving school? In our research, we discovered that a surprisingly large number of students don't default on their loans, but also aren't making progress in paying down their principal amount. The percentages here count alumni who have decreased their loan amounts by at least $1.
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Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology
On the blue curve, we see the percentage of alumni from Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology who have successfully reduced their federal school loans by at least $1 by the date shown, which is 3 years after leaving the school.
Context Schools
The shading shows the spread of the loan repayment rate for the context schools. The dark shading shows the middle 50% of context schools, and the light shading shows all but the smallest and largest 10%.
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Context and trends: are the loan default rates as small as possible?
The default rate is the percentage of students who are already delinquent on their loans within three years of leaving the school. If a school has a high default rate, that sends an alarm out that the students' educations are not sufficient to earn enough to repay those loans. Read below for details on the typical loan burden, and keep in mind that a low default rate may be more important than loan amounts in predicting your future success.
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Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology
On the blue curve, we see the percentage of alumni from Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology who have defaulted on their federal school loans within 3 years ending on the date shown.
Context Schools
The shading shows the spread of the 3-year loan default rate for the context schools. The dark shading shows the middle 50% of context schools, and the light shading shows all but the smallest and largest 10%.
Customize your context group using the gear at the top of the page!
Loan burden
At Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology, 80% of full-time degree-seeking freshmen receive federal student loans, averaging $2,549 each in just the freshman year. We have much more details about the full loan burden students experience in our Cost and Financial Aid Section.
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Classroom Experience
Student attention at Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology
Schools are required to report the ratio of students per instructor, but look for a small number of students for every full-time instructor as your best indicator of personal attention and a modern well-integrated curriculum.
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Full-time and long-term instructors at Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology
Full-time faculty are mostly likely to be on campus and available for interaction, and to craft up-to-date courses and programs. Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology has 77% full-time instructors, and 77% of the context schools have a lower percentage of full-time faculty. Faculty with multi-year contracts provide additional stability and commitment to the school and its students.Within the full-time instructors at Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology, none have multi-year employment contracts. Of the context schools, only 31% have instructors with multi-year contracts.
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Faculty Diversity
Here's an opportunity to explore the faculty's diversity. For many schools, attracting a diverse teaching faculty can be a challenge. It's important to judge their success with the reality check of what their peer schools have accomplished.
Number of full-time instructors
The chart shows male instructors to the left, and female to the right, with the races/origins included along the bars. Select the context graph to see how this diversity profile compares to the schools that interest you.
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Housing
No Student Housing Available
This school does not report any housing for students.
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Activities and Services
Undergraduate services offered
  • Academic/career counseling services
  • Employment services for current students
  • Placement services for program completers
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Programs for Veterans
If you are a veteran, it's worth digging around to find a military-friendly campus. We think this article about how colleges might help veterans might be a good starting point for questions to ask the Admissions office before you choose to attend. It's also good to be aware that many for-profit schools are behaving as predators, hungry for GI Bill dollars. Watching out for those schools is no different for veterans than for all students: judge very critically using our "Student Satisfaction and Success" tab for undergraduate programs. We wish we had the same data to support graduate programs; however, we think the undergraduate data is a good starting point for judging overall quality.
  • Credit for Military Training
  • Yellow Ribbon Program
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Student Body
Study Types
About 89% of students are full-time. No students take distance education courses.
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Context: Student body size
Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology enrolled 166 students over the past academic year. The the student body size is smaller than 75% of the context schools.
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Undergraduate student gender
Is the gender balance of Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology students important to you? You can see the breakdown in this donut chart.
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Undergraduate student race/origin
Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology reports that 20% of students are minority, which is near the middle of the context schools. Similarly, this school's 0 of international students is near the middle proportion of international students within the context schools.
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Context: Gender Balance
It is very difficult for many types of schools to achieve a gender balance, and this context is valuable in evaluating the balance at Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology.
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Context: Percentage of women
With 98% women students, Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology has a higher percentage of women than 93% of context schools.
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Context: Student race/origin
Here is how Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology compares to the rest of the context group in terms of diversity in the student race and origin.
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Freshman residences

A high proportion of international and out-of-state students speaks to reputation and offers an opportunity for diverse interactions in and out of class.

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Student age distribution
The age distribution at a school can tell you a lot about its mission. If you're looking for a traditional undergraduate experience, you may prefer to see students who are mostly younger than 25 (lighter shades), but if you want support as a returning student, a large number of students 25 and older (darker shades) may better suit your needs.
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School Finances
Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology: What its budget can tell you about classroom quality
Where a school spends and collects its money can suggest a lot about the educational experience it offers. The tabs below offer a look at spending that is important for the quality of your experience if you attend.
Instructional spending
Student services spending
Context and trends: Instructional expenditures per student
Instructional expenses are primarily the salary and benefits paid to the heart of a school: its full-time instructors. High expenditures in this area suggest care in hiring enough highly qualified full-time faculty to provide personal attention and up-to-date subject-area excellence.
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Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology
On the blue curve, we see how the instructional expenses per student at Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology have changed over the years.
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The shading shows the spread of the instructional expenses per student for the context schools. The dark shading shows the middle 50% of context schools, and the light shading shows all but the smallest and largest 10%.
All values have been adjusted for inflation. Customize your context group using the gear at the top of the page!
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Does incoming revenue consistently cover expenses?

Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology is a private for-profit school, meaning that its annual goal is to make a profit for its shareholders. The other types of schools are public or not-for-profit, and profit is not a goal.

Total revenue and expenses by category
We divided revenue and expenses for Colorado Academy of Veterinary Technology into categories to give some insight to what may have influenced peaks and ditches in the chart above. The purple shades correspond most directly to student education. The blue shades, auxiliary expenses and revenue, are often related to room and board. We show investment gains and losses in apricot.
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