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veterinary administrative services

Types of Degrees veterinary administrative services Majors Are Earning

Students pursuing veterinary administrative services have the option of earning degrees at several award levels.

Award Level	Graduates
Bachelor’s Degree	7
Master’s Degree	64

What veterinary administrative services Majors Need to Know

Studies in veterinary administrative services develop a specific mix of knowledge, skills, and abilities — derived from O*NET surveys of workers in occupations that veterinary administrative services graduates commonly enter.

Knowledge Areas

According to O*NET, a major in veterinary administrative services emphasizes the following knowledge areas:

• Customer and Personal Service — Importance 4.3 / 5; level 4.8 / 7.
• Administration and Management — Importance 4.0 / 5; level 3.8 / 7.
• English Language — Importance 3.9 / 5; level 3.8 / 7.
• Administrative — Importance 3.8 / 5; level 4.9 / 7.
• Computers and Electronics — Importance 3.3 / 5; level 4.1 / 7.

^{Importance is rated 1–5; level is 1–7. Source: ONET Online — weighted across related occupations.*}

Skills

Skills built by a veterinary administrative services program reflects the day-to-day work of related occupations:

• Speaking — Importance 4.0 / 5; level 3.8 / 7.
• Active Listening — Importance 3.9 / 5; level 3.7 / 7.
• Reading Comprehension — Importance 3.8 / 5; level 3.6 / 7.
• Coordination — Importance 3.7 / 5; level 3.5 / 7.
• Social Perceptiveness — Importance 3.7 / 5; level 3.6 / 7.

Abilities

Abilities most relevant to veterinary administrative services careers — again drawn from O*NET surveys of related occupations:

• Oral Comprehension — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.0 / 7.
• Oral Expression — Importance 4 / 5; level 4.0 / 7.
• Written Comprehension — Importance 4.0 / 5; level 3.8 / 7.
• Speech Recognition — Importance 3.8 / 5; level 3.5 / 7.
• Speech Clarity — Importance 3.8 / 5; level 3.5 / 7.

Common Job Activities

Day-to-day, veterinary administrative services graduates report doing:

Activity	Frequency / Importance
Working with Computers	4.5 / 7
Getting Information	4.3 / 7
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates	4.2 / 7
Making Decisions and Solving Problems	4.1 / 7
Processing Information	4.1 / 7
Documenting/Recording Information	3.9 / 7
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards	3.8 / 7
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships	3.8 / 7
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others	3.8 / 7
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work	3.7 / 7

Technology Skills Used on the Job

Most frequently-cited tools used by veterinary administrative services professionals:

Tool / Software	Category	In-Demand
Microsoft PowerPoint	Presentation software	✓
Microsoft Outlook	Electronic mail software	✓
Microsoft Office software	Office suite software	✓
Google Drive	Cloud-based data access and sharing software	—
Google Docs	Word processing software	—
Microsoft Publisher	Desktop publishing software	—
Microsoft Excel	Spreadsheet software	✓
Intuit QuickBooks	Accounting software	—
Database software	Data base user interface and query software	—
Microsoft Word	Word processing software	✓
Web browser software	Internet browser software	—
Medical procedure coding software	Medical software	—

^{Source: ONET Online technology skills, weighted across related occupations.*}

Sample Job Titles

Real job postings for veterinary administrative services graduates include:

• Business Manager
• Administrative Coordinator
• Business Office Manager
• Administrative Officer
• Office Manager
• Force Adjustment Supervisor
• Booking Supervisor
• Customer Manager
• Route Supervisor
• Complaint Evaluation Supervisor
• Documentation Supervisor
• Coding Clerks Supervisor
• Safety Deposit Supervisor
• Gate Services Supervisor
• Call Center Manager

Education Typically Required

Across the occupations open to veterinary administrative services graduates, the typical level of education actually held by current workers is distributed as:

Education Level	Share of Workers
High school diploma or equivalent	30.4%
Bachelor’s degree	30.2%
Some college courses	16.0%
Associate’s degree (or other 2-year)	12.0%
Postsecondary certificate	7.6%
Master’s degree	2.2%
Less than a high school diploma	1.2%
Post-doctoral training	0.2%
First professional degree	0.2%

^{Source: ONET Online education / training / experience requirements.*}

Who Is Earning a Degree in veterinary administrative services?

Gender Distribution

This field skews predominantly female, with women earning 93.9% of veterinary administrative services degrees.

Gender	Graduates	Share
Women	77	93.9%
Men	5	6.1%

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

At the national level, the racial-ethnic distribution of veterinary administrative services graduates is as follows:

Race / Ethnicity	Graduates	Share
White	63	76.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7	8.5%
Black or African American	3	3.7%
Two or More Races	9	11.0%

^{See minority definition below.}

Online veterinary administrative services Programs

Fully online options are documented by IPEDS for veterinary administrative services. The table below shows how many graduates earned at least some of their coursework online (Distance-Ed Available) versus completing the entire program online (Distance-Ed Only).

Award Level	Distance-Ed Available	Distance-Ed Only
Bachelor’s	1	0

^{Distance-Ed Only = degrees completed entirely online; Distance-Ed Available = degrees including at least some online coursework. Source: IPEDS Completions by Distance Education status.}

Related Programs

You may also be interested in these closely related fields of study:

Program	CIP Code
Agriculture Ag Operations	01
Agricultural and Domestic Animal Services	01.05
Agricultural and Food Products Processing	01.04
Agricultural Business and Management	01.01
Agricultural Mechanization	01.02
Agricultural Production Operations	01.03
Agricultural Public Services	01.08
Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields, Other	01.99
Agriculture, General	01.00
Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs	01.13
Animal Sciences	01.09
Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services	01.06

References

The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students and international students. This number is then divided by the total number of students to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS)
• O*NET Online
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard

More about our data sources and methodologies.