Vet Tech Programs in Alabama

Each of the 3 entries is a community college, and each awards an associate degree.

Coastal Alabama Community College (formerly named Faulkner State Community College) is in Bay Minette, and AVMA prints both names on the entry — useful if an older transcript or brochure says Faulkner State.

Jefferson State Community College is in Birmingham; AVMA lists its program under the name Veterinary Technology Distance Learning Program.

Southern Union State Community College is in Valley, and AVMA dates its initial accreditation to September 4, 2025 — the newest date on the list.

The page shows every degree, date and status line as AVMA prints them; what the list does not show — schedules, admissions, clinical placements — is a question for the school.

Southern Union State Community College is the one entry in Alabama whose status line is not plain full accreditation: AVMA lists it on initial accreditation, dated September 4, 2025, with a next evaluation of 2030.

AVMA's own definition says initial accreditation is not punitive — it is simply the label given to newly accredited programs — and that a graduate of an initially accredited program counts as a graduate of an AVMA CVTEA-accredited program, which is exactly the kind of program Alabama's license asks for.

AVMA adds that initial status does not mean a program is at higher risk of losing accreditation.

AVMA's dates still make it the newest accredited program in the state, so put direct questions to the school: how long it has operated under AVMA accreditation, and where it posts its first-time VTNE pass percentage — the CVTEA standards ask accredited programs to publish that figure on their websites.

Jefferson State Community College is the only Alabama-based program on AVMA's distance-education list, and its program name says it directly: Veterinary Technology Distance Learning Program.

One detail is worth catching: AVMA's by-state entry gives Jefferson State a next evaluation of 2029, while AVMA's separate distance list shows 2023 for the same program.

The two lists are maintained separately, so treat both years as AVMA's figures and ask the program which applies.

Nationally, AVMA names 13 distance programs, each listed under the state where it is based and shown lower on this page.

For any distance program, an Alabama resident needs two answers from the school: whether it admits students living in Alabama, and how it arranges the supervised clinical hours every accredited program requires at a practice near the student.

Alabama licenses veterinary technicians through the Alabama State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, and the license is mandatory for the work: §34-29-94(l) makes it a misdemeanor for a technician to work without one and for a veterinarian to permit it.

The education route runs through a list like this one — the statute asks for a diploma in veterinary technology from an AVMA-accredited school, or another school of veterinary technology the board approves (§34-29-94(a)(1)(c)).

Its one alternate route is for graduates of programs the AVMA does not accredit: meet all of the AVMA's requirements and pass the examination (§34-29-94(n)).

After that comes the VTNE, described in the statute as the AVMA approved National Licensing Examination, then 8 continuing-education hours a year on an annually renewed license.

Every program on the list above holds AVMA CVTEA accreditation — initial status included — so each is the kind of program the statute describes.