Vet Tech Programs in Nebraska
AVMA lists 2 CVTEA-accredited veterinary technology programs in Nebraska, and both award an Associate of Applied Science.
Every status line on the state's list reads FULL ACCREDITATION, so there is no probationary or terminal entry to investigate before applying.
Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture is in Curtis and Northeast Community College is in Norfolk.
Nebraska's DHHS license requires an approved program and the VTNE, which makes the accreditation AVMA's list records the first thing to confirm.
Accredited programs
2
Offer an associate degree
2
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 Nebraska
AVMA lists 2 accredited veterinary technology programs in Nebraska, 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 · Curtis, NE
- Associate of Applied Science
Initial accreditation: August 1973 · Next evaluation (as AVMA lists it): 2027
FULL ACCREDITATION
Veterinary Technician Program · Norfolk, NE
- Associate of Applied Science
Initial accreditation: November, 1997 · Next evaluation (as AVMA lists it): 2030
FULL ACCREDITATION
From AVMA’s CVTEA program list, retrieved 2026-09-23.
Two programs, both awarding an associate degree
Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis and Northeast Community College in Norfolk are the two entries on AVMA's Nebraska list, and each awards an Associate of Applied Science.
AVMA prints August 1973 as Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture's initial-accreditation date, with the next evaluation in 2027; Northeast Community College's dates are November 1997 and 2030.
Every status line on the list reads FULL ACCREDITATION, so no Nebraska entry carries a caution a student would need to investigate first.
What the list does not say is everything else: what a program charges, how its schedule runs and where clinical placements happen are questions for the school.
The distance-education route for Nebraska residents
Neither of the two Nebraska programs is on AVMA's distance-education list, so a Nebraska resident who wants that route applies to a program based in another state.
AVMA names 13 accredited distance programs in all, each listed under the state where it is based, and they are listed lower on this page.
A program on that list is an AVMA CVTEA-accredited program — the kind Nebraska's DHHS education requirement describes.
For any of the 13, put two questions to the school: whether it admits students living in Nebraska, and how it arranges the supervised clinical hours every accredited program requires at a practice near the student.
What Nebraska's license asks of a program
Nebraska licenses veterinary technicians as licensed veterinary technicians through the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) under the Uniform Credentialing Act.
Nebraska Revised Statutes §38-3325 sets two conditions: graduation from an approved veterinary technician program and a passing score on a national examination approved by the board — the VTNE, which DHHS registers through AAVSB.
DHHS describes the approved program as an AVMA-accredited one, so each program on the list above meets the education requirement.
No experience-based route appears in the sources read, and §38-3321 makes the credential the gate for the work: no one performs delegated animal health care tasks without it, unless working as an unlicensed assistant within limits set under §38-3326(2).
A graduate still awaiting a passing score can bridge the wait with a temporary license of up to one year.
Nebraska Dept. of Health & Human Services (DHHS), Board under the Uniform Credentialing Act
A licensed veterinary technician — the statutory phrase in Neb. Rev. Stat. §38-3325 — issued by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services under the Uniform Credentialing Act; commonly abbreviated LVT — though the state's own materials always write the title out and never use the abbreviation.
Graduation from an approved veterinary technician program; DHHS's page describes the requirement as graduation from an AVMA-accredited veterinary technician school or program. No on-the-job or experience route was found in the sections read.
A passing score on a national examination approved by the board — the VTNE, registered through AAVSB per DHHS; a temporary license of up to one year can bridge a graduate to a passing score. No Nebraska-specific jurisprudence exam for technicians was found in the sources 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 Nebraska, 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 Nebraska?
AVMA's CVTEA list, retrieved September 23, 2026, names 2 accredited veterinary technology programs in Nebraska: Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis and Northeast Community College in Norfolk.
Both award an Associate of Applied Science, and AVMA prints FULL ACCREDITATION as each program's status line.
Accreditation statuses change, so check AVMA's own list for the current entry before you apply to either program.
Is there a bachelor's degree vet tech program in Nebraska?
No. Both entries on AVMA's Nebraska list award an Associate of Applied Science — Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis and Northeast Community College in Norfolk — and neither shows a bachelor's degree.
A student who wants a bachelor's degree in veterinary technology would have to attend a program based outside Nebraska, and AVMA's national CVTEA list is where every accredited program is named.
Check it for the current entries before deciding.
Are there online or distance-education vet tech programs for Nebraska residents?
Nebraska has no program on AVMA's distance-education list, but that list names 13 accredited programs a student can take online, each listed under the state where it is based.
The full list appears on this page.
Before enrolling, ask a distance program whether it admits students living in Nebraska and how it arranges the supervised clinical hours accredited programs require at practices near their students.
Can I become a vet tech in Nebraska without an accredited program?
Not through any route in the sources read.
Nebraska Revised Statutes §38-3325 conditions the credential on graduation from an approved veterinary technician program and a passing score on a national examination approved by the board, and DHHS describes an approved program as an AVMA-accredited one; no experience-based or on-the-job route appears for Nebraska technicians.
The nearest accommodation is a temporary license of up to one year, available to a program graduate awaiting a passing score on the VTNE.
Ask DHHS directly about any program that is not on AVMA's list.
More Nebraska Veterinary Technician Resources
Sources
- AVMA CVTEA — Veterinary technology programs accredited by the AVMA CVTEA (Nebraska 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)
- Nebraska DHHS, Veterinary Medicine and Surgery licensure page, as summarised on the Nebraska requirements page (retrieved 2026-09-16)
Program list: AVMA CVTEA, retrieved 2026-09-23. Page last updated 2026-09-23.