Vet Tech Programs in Delaware
AVMA lists 1 CVTEA-accredited veterinary technology program in Delaware: Delaware Technical and Community College in Georgetown, which awards an Associate of Applied Science.
It carries a plain FULL ACCREDITATION line, and Delaware's section has no bachelor's program and no program on AVMA's distance-education list.
Delaware's license asks for a degree from an AVMA-accredited program, not a Delaware-based one: the Georgetown program is the only one based in the state, and the distance programs listed lower on this page 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 Delaware
AVMA lists 1 accredited veterinary technology program in Delaware, alphabetically below, with each degree, date and status line exactly as AVMA prints it. A struck-through degree is one AVMA marks as discontinued.
Veterinary Technology Program · Georgetown, DE
- Associate of Applied Science
Initial accreditation: May 1, 2002 · Next evaluation (as AVMA lists it): 2025
FULL ACCREDITATION
From AVMA’s CVTEA program list, retrieved 2026-09-23.
One program, in Georgetown, and it awards an associate degree
AVMA's list names a single Delaware entry: Delaware Technical and Community College, listed in Georgetown under the program name Veterinary Technology Program.
It awards an Associate of Applied Science, AVMA gives its initial accreditation date as May 1, 2002 and its next evaluation as 2025, and its status line reads FULL ACCREDITATION — the only status on the state's section, so there is no probationary or terminal entry to weigh before applying.
There is no bachelor's program anywhere on the Delaware section and no second institution.
What the list does not carry is everything a call to the program answers: what it charges, how the schedule is built, admissions requirements and clinical placements are questions for the school.
No distance-education program is based in Delaware
Delaware's single entry does not appear on AVMA's distance-education list, and none of the programs on that list is based in Delaware.
AVMA names 13 distance programs in all, each listed under the state where it is based, and they appear lower on this page.
For any of them, a Delaware resident needs the school's answers on admission and on clinical placement: whether it accepts students living in Delaware, and how it arranges the supervised clinical hours every accredited program requires at a practice near the student.
Because Delaware's license requires a degree from an AVMA-accredited program, a distance program has to appear on AVMA's lists for its degree to count toward the credential.
Delaware's license runs through an AVMA-accredited program
The Delaware Board of Veterinary Medicine licenses veterinary technicians.
Section 3319 asks for a degree from a veterinary technician program accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association, or from an AVMA-approved foreign program, and no experience-based route appears in the sources read — years working in a Delaware practice do not replace the degree.
Applicants then need a passing score on the VTNE, the national exam the Board designates.
On the sections read, the license gates the title rather than the work: the statute's license-required clause covers veterinarians, while Section 3323 fines the unlicensed use of any title that implies licensure.
The AVMA-accredited degree is therefore the education gate behind Delaware's veterinary technician title, and the statute asks for that accreditation, not a Delaware campus: the program above is the only accredited program based in the state, and the distance-education programs listed lower on this page meet the same requirement.
Delaware Board of Veterinary Medicine (Delaware Division of Professional Regulation)
The statute's own term is simply veterinary technician — 24 Del. C. § 3302(10) defines it and the statute never abbreviates it, so the LVT on job postings is shorthand rather than the law's wording.
A degree from an AVMA-accredited veterinary technician program or an AVMA-approved foreign program (Section 3319(a)(1)), plus a reciprocity route for licensees in good standing elsewhere (Section 3320); no on-the-job route was found.
A passing score on the written standardized national examination designated by the Board — the VTNE — with eighteen hours of continuing education required if the score is more than two years old at application; no state jurisprudence exam was found.
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 Delaware, 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 Delaware?
AVMA's CVTEA list, retrieved September 23, 2026, names 1 accredited veterinary technology program in Delaware: Delaware Technical and Community College in Georgetown, which awards an Associate of Applied Science.
Its status line reads FULL ACCREDITATION, and AVMA gives its next evaluation as 2025.
No second program and no bachelor's option appears on the Delaware section.
Accreditation status changes, so check AVMA's own list for the current entry before you apply.
Is there a bachelor's degree vet tech program in Delaware?
No. AVMA's Delaware section names no bachelor's program; the one program it lists, Delaware Technical and Community College in Georgetown, awards an Associate of Applied Science.
AVMA's by-state list covers the country state by state, so its Delaware section is the complete in-state picture, and a bachelor's-level veterinary technology degree is not on it.
Check AVMA's list again when you apply, in case new programs have been added.
Can I become a vet tech in Delaware without an accredited program?
Not through any route in the sources read.
Section 3319 asks for a degree from a veterinary technician program accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association, or from an AVMA-approved foreign program, and no experience-based route appears, so years working in a Delaware practice do not substitute for the degree.
The other routes on the statute are reciprocity for a technician already licensed in good standing in another jurisdiction and a temporary license for a first-time applicant who is exam-eligible.
Ask the Delaware Board of Veterinary Medicine before planning around either.
Can Delaware residents take a distance-education vet tech program online?
AVMA's distance-education list names 13 programs, each listed under the state where it is based, and none is based in Delaware.
A Delaware resident can ask any of the 13 whether it admits students living in Delaware and how it arranges the supervised clinical hours every accredited program requires at a practice near the student.
Because Delaware's license requires a degree from an AVMA-accredited program, confirm any distance program's accreditation before enrolling.
More Delaware Veterinary Technician Resources
Sources
- AVMA CVTEA — Veterinary technology programs accredited by the AVMA CVTEA (Delaware 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)
- Delaware Board of Veterinary Medicine (Delaware Division of Professional Regulation), as summarised on the Delaware vet tech requirements page (retrieved 2026-09-16)
Program list: AVMA CVTEA, retrieved 2026-09-23. Page last updated 2026-09-23.