Vet Tech Programs in New Hampshire
AVMA lists 2 CVTEA-accredited veterinary technology programs in New Hampshire.
Both award an associate degree, and University of New Hampshire in Durham also awards the state's only bachelor's.
Both read plain full accreditation, so there are no status lines to check before applying.
New Hampshire issues no state credential — what its rules ask of a program is AVMA accreditation, which every program on this list holds, and so do the distance programs listed lower on this page.
Accredited programs
2
Offer an associate degree
2
Offer a bachelor's
1
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 New Hampshire
AVMA lists 2 accredited veterinary technology programs in New Hampshire, 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 · Portsmouth, NH
- Associate in Science
Initial accreditation: April, 1998 · Next evaluation (as AVMA lists it): 2027
FULL ACCREDITATION
Veterinary Technology Program · Durham, NH
- Associate in Applied Science
- Applied Bachelor of Science
Initial accreditation: February 28, 2014 · Next evaluation (as AVMA lists it): 2030
FULL ACCREDITATION
From AVMA’s CVTEA program list, retrieved 2026-09-23.
Two programs, both reading full accreditation
New Hampshire's list is short and easy to read: 2 programs, and both carry AVMA's plain full-accreditation line, so there is no status entry to check before applying.
Great Bay Community College in Portsmouth awards an Associate in Science; its initial accreditation dates to April 1998, with a next evaluation in 2027.
University of New Hampshire in Durham awards an Associate in Applied Science and an Applied Bachelor of Science; its initial accreditation dates to February 28, 2014, with a next evaluation in 2030.
Neither entry prints a former name, and AVMA splits neither institution into separate campus and distance entries.
Beyond cities, degrees, dates and status lines, the list tells you nothing — what each program charges, its admissions expectations and its clinical placements are questions for the school.
University of New Hampshire, the state's only bachelor's
University of New Hampshire is the only program on the New Hampshire list that awards a bachelor's — an Applied Bachelor of Science, printed exactly that way on AVMA's entry, alongside an Associate in Applied Science.
The pairing puts the Durham program in both the associate and bachelor's counts on this page.
Great Bay Community College awards an associate degree only.
University of New Hampshire's initial accreditation dates to February 28, 2014, and AVMA gives its next evaluation as 2030.
Both of the state's programs read full accreditation, so choosing the bachelor's route is a question of the degree itself and the answers the school gives you — not of a status line.
No New Hampshire program on AVMA's distance list
AVMA's distance-education list names no New Hampshire-based program.
It names 13 distance programs in all, each listed under the state where it is based, and they are printed lower on this page — the requirement they meet is AVMA accreditation, not location.
For any of them, a New Hampshire resident needs two answers from the school: whether it admits students living in New Hampshire, and how it arranges the supervised clinical hours every accredited program requires at a practice near the student.
What New Hampshire's credential rules ask of a program
New Hampshire issues no state credential: RSA 332-B, the state's veterinary practice act, never mentions a technician, so the CVT on job ads is an association designation, not a state license.
The Vet 102 terms rule defines a veterinary technician as an AVMA-accredited-program graduate who passed the VTNE and is credentialed by a state government or a NAVTA-recognized organization — in New Hampshire, the NHVTA.
The Vet 801 testing rule makes graduation from such a program the standing route into VTNE eligibility.
The state's two experience routes closed on May 1, 2026 — a Board standing order let candidates signed up by June 15, 2026 test through July 15, 2026, and the NHVTA takes alternative-pathway applications from candidates who passed the VTNE by July 15, 2026 until October 15, 2026.
For anyone starting now, the accredited program is the route.
The requirement is accreditation, not location: both programs qualify, and so does any other AVMA-accredited program, including the distance programs below.
After graduating, the one exam is the VTNE, and there is nothing state-side to renew.
New Hampshire Veterinary Technician Association (NHVTA)
No state credential exists. The CVT on New Hampshire job ads is the private Certified Veterinary Technician designation of the New Hampshire Veterinary Technician Association (NHVTA); the state's Vet 102.01(as) rule defines veterinary technician and folds in the label veterinary nurse, but it is a definitions rule, not a license.
Graduation from an AVMA-accredited veterinary technology or veterinary nursing program is the standing route into VTNE eligibility. Two experience routes — a bachelor's degree concentrated in pre-veterinary medicine plus 2 years of supervised on-the-job training, or 4 years of that training without a degree, each verified by a supervising veterinarian's letter — expired on May 1, 2026, subject to a Board standing order that let candidates signed up by June 15, 2026 test through July 15, 2026.
The VTNE, taken through the AAVSB — or, for alternative-pathway candidates while their window lasted, through Wisconsin's reciprocal sitting arrangement; no New Hampshire state jurisprudence exam exists for technicians.
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 New Hampshire, 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 New Hampshire?
AVMA's CVTEA list, retrieved September 23, 2026, names 2 accredited veterinary technology programs in New Hampshire: Great Bay Community College in Portsmouth and University of New Hampshire in Durham.
Both read full accreditation, with next evaluations in 2027 and 2030.
University of New Hampshire also awards the state's only bachelor's.
Accreditation status changes, 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 New Hampshire?
Yes, 1.
University of New Hampshire in Durham awards an Applied Bachelor of Science alongside an Associate in Applied Science — the pairing AVMA prints on its entry.
Great Bay Community College, the state's other program, awards an Associate in Science.
Both read full accreditation, so neither carries a status line to weigh; the choice between the 2 turns on the degree and on the answers each school gives you.
Can I become a vet tech in New Hampshire without an accredited program?
You can work: no state credential exists, and nothing in the sources read makes one a condition of working in a practice.
The credentialed route runs through a program: the state's two experience routes closed on May 1, 2026 — a Board standing order let candidates signed up by June 15, 2026 test through July 15, 2026, and the NHVTA takes alternative-pathway applications from candidates who passed the VTNE by July 15, 2026 until October 15, 2026.
For anyone starting now, graduation from an AVMA-accredited program is the standing route, and any such program qualifies, including the distance programs below.
Are there online or distance-education vet tech options for New Hampshire residents?
AVMA's distance-education list names 13 programs, and none is based in New Hampshire.
Each sits under the state where it is based, lower on this page.
For any of them, a New Hampshire resident should ask 2 questions before enrolling: whether the program admits students living in New Hampshire, and how it arranges the supervised clinical hours every accredited program requires at a practice near the student.
More New Hampshire Veterinary Technician Resources
Sources
- AVMA CVTEA — Veterinary technology programs accredited by the AVMA CVTEA (New Hampshire 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)
- New Hampshire Veterinary Technician Association — Vet 800 Administrative Rules page, as summarised on the New Hampshire requirements page (retrieved 2026-09-16)
Program list: AVMA CVTEA, retrieved 2026-09-23. Page last updated 2026-09-23.