Vet Tech Programs in Arkansas
AVMA lists 1 accredited veterinary technology program in Arkansas: Arkansas State University-Beebe in Beebe, which awards an Associate of Applied Science and carries plain full accreditation, with its next evaluation in 2031.
No Arkansas program offers a bachelor's or appears on AVMA's distance-education list.
Arkansas's certificate of qualification requires graduation from an AVMA-accredited program — the Beebe program is the only one based in the state, and AVMA's distance-education programs, listed below, meet the same requirement.
Accredited programs
1
Offer an associate degree
1
Offer a bachelor's
0
Status to check
0
Source: AVMA Committee on Veterinary Technician Education and Activities (CVTEA), “Veterinary technology programs accredited by the AVMA CVTEA” and “Distance education programs in veterinary technology accredited by the AVMA CVTEA”, retrieved 2026-09-23. “Status to check” counts programs whose AVMA status line reads anything other than plain full accreditation.
Check the list and the board before you enroll
AVMA-accredited programs in Arkansas
AVMA lists 1 accredited veterinary technology program in Arkansas, alphabetically below, with each degree, date and status line exactly as AVMA prints it. A struck-through degree is one AVMA marks as discontinued.
Beebe, AR
- Associate of Applied Science
Initial accreditation: June 10, 2009 · Next evaluation (as AVMA lists it): 2031
FULL ACCREDITATION
From AVMA’s CVTEA program list, retrieved 2026-09-23.
One program, in Beebe, and it awards an associate degree
Arkansas State University-Beebe is the entire list.
AVMA's entry shows one degree, an Associate of Applied Science; initial accreditation dated June 10, 2009; a next evaluation in 2031; and a plain FULL ACCREDITATION status line with no deficiencies named.
Nothing on the Arkansas list needs decoding before you apply.
The list gives each program's institution, city, degree, dates and status, and stops there; anything else you care about, from the class schedule to clinical placements, is a question for the school.
The distance-education route: 13 programs, none based in Arkansas
AVMA's separate distance-education list names 13 programs in all, each listed under the state where it is based, and none is based in Arkansas; this page reproduces that list below.
An Arkansas resident considering one has a short list of questions for the school: whether it admits students living in Arkansas, and how it arranges the supervised clinical hours every accredited program requires at a practice near the student.
For a resident who cannot make the Beebe program work, distance education is the alternative AVMA accredits, with those arrangements as the trade.
Arkansas's certificate of qualification starts with an AVMA-accredited program
The Arkansas Board of Animal Health issues the state's certificate of qualification under the Practice Act, and the credential gates the work: the Act bars assisting a veterinarian as a veterinary technician without first obtaining the certificate and registering employment with the Board.
The education route is a diploma or its equivalent from a college-level program accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association — which describes every program on the list above — and no on-the-job route appears in the statute text read, so floor experience does not substitute.
The statute asks for that accreditation, not an Arkansas campus, so the distance-education programs listed lower on this page meet the same requirement.
After graduation, applicants need a passing score on the VTNE, filed with the American Association of Veterinary State Boards alongside the Board application.
Certified technicians then complete twelve continuing-education hours each year and renew the certificate by March 31.
Arkansas Board of Animal Health
A statutory veterinary technician holding a certificate of qualification issued under the state's Practice Act; the Act itself uses no lettered abbreviation, and the CVT on job ads is informal usage from a 2013 state budget document.
A diploma or its equivalent from a college-level program accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association; no on-the-job route appears in the statute text read.
A passing score on the National Board Examinations — the VTNE — provided by the national testing agency; no state-specific exam was found in the statute text read.
AVMA’s distance-education list
AVMA names 13 programs on a separate distance-education list. Each is listed under the state where it is based. Whether a program admits students living in Arkansas, and how it arranges clinical placements there, is a question for the program.
From AVMA’s distance-education program list, retrieved 2026-09-23.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many accredited vet tech programs are in Arkansas?
AVMA's CVTEA list, retrieved September 23, 2026, names 1 accredited veterinary technology program in Arkansas: Arkansas State University-Beebe in Beebe, awarding an Associate of Applied Science under plain FULL ACCREDITATION.
AVMA lists no Arkansas bachelor's program and no Arkansas program on its separate distance-education list.
Accreditation status changes, so check AVMA's own list for the current entry before you apply to any program.
Is there a bachelor's-level vet tech program in Arkansas?
No. The one program AVMA lists in Arkansas awards an Associate of Applied Science, and no Arkansas program on the list grants a bachelor's degree.
AVMA's distance-education list does include bachelor's-granting programs — Appalachian State University, Penn Foster College, Purdue University and St. Petersburg College — each listed under its home state lower on this page.
AVMA treats the bachelor's as additional education rather than a separate credential: technicians and technologists take the same VTNE and go through the same state credentialing.
Can I get an Arkansas vet tech certificate without an accredited program?
Not on the sources read.
Arkansas's Practice Act defines a veterinary technician as a person holding a diploma or its equivalent from a college-level program accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association, and the certification application includes that diploma plus certified college transcripts.
No experience-based or on-the-job route appears in the statute text read, so years working in an Arkansas practice do not replace the program.
If your situation is unusual, confirm it with the Arkansas Board of Animal Health before planning around it.
Are there online or distance-learning vet tech programs for Arkansas residents?
AVMA's distance-education list names no program based in Arkansas.
It names 13 CVTEA-accredited distance programs in all, each listed under the state where it is based, and this page reproduces the list below.
A student in Arkansas considering one should ask the school whether it admits students living in Arkansas and how it arranges the supervised clinical hours every accredited program requires at a practice near the student.
More Arkansas Veterinary Technician Resources
Sources
- AVMA CVTEA — Veterinary technology programs accredited by the AVMA CVTEA (Arkansas section and status definitions) (retrieved 2026-09-23)
- AVMA CVTEA — Distance education programs in veterinary technology accredited by the AVMA CVTEA (retrieved 2026-09-23)
- Arkansas Board of Animal Health — 17 CAR §§ 1-102, 1-103, Veterinary medical license and certificate fees; Continuing education requirements (Code of Arkansas Rules), as summarised on the Arkansas requirements page (retrieved 2026-09-16)
Program list: AVMA CVTEA, retrieved 2026-09-23. Page last updated 2026-09-23.